Not a single Republican member of the New York State Senate voted today in support of gay marriage equality. Not a big surprise.
Certainly no surprise when it comes to the vote of Sen. Thomas Morahan, R-New City. After months of claiming he was undecided on the issue, Morahan came out July 1 against marriage equality, saying he believed that civil unions would accomplish enough parity.
It was actually a surprise that he answered the question about how he would vote on gay marriage at all. I had called him to discuss the state Senate standoff, deficit decisions and all things political, but I tossed in a question about his vote on gay marriage legislation that was off again on again for months. Here’s what he said:
I’m going to vote against it … I understand both sides … I prefer civil union, as opposed to traditional marriage … Maybe I’m a traditionalist. I know my community is divided. If you can accommodate both sides, why not do that?
So, I asked him why he got married. He responded: “I fell in love.”
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And if he had fallen in love with a goat, presumably Cutler would be okay with him marrying it too.
I just don’t understand why you care who marries whom. Live and let live. It is none of your business. I just don’t understand how the Catholics seem not to be upset by the molestation of little boys but are up in arms about gay marriage. Does the bible condone sex with children?