NY: Two Gay-Friendly GOPers In Primary Trouble; Homophobes Claim Victory
from the Village Voice:
We're sad to report that two of the four Republican state lawmakers who voted in favor last year of Governor Andrew Cuomo's gay marriage bill might not be headed back to Albany following yesterday's primary -- and "traditional marriage" advocates see this as a big victory.
When the Legislature passed the gay marriage bill, it needed the support of at least some Republicans in the Senate. It found that support in Senators Jim Alesi, Roy McDonald, Steve Saland and Mark Grisanti. Because of their votes to give gay people the right to tie the knot, they became targets for more Conservative members of the Republican Party -- and two of them are awaiting absentee ballots to determine who won their primaries.
McDonald and Saland each trail their far-right-wing opponents by a handful of votes, while Grisanti easily won his primary. Alesi didn't seek re-election. ................(more)
The complete piece is at: http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2012/09/two_gay-friendl.php
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because you just might get it in the general election. Pushing more conservative candidates, might just get you more DEMOCRATS. I remember reading that McDonald said if his vote cost him his seat, he had to do the right thing! For that alone I hope he makes it.
I wrote to all of them in support of my lesbian daughter on Long Island. Grisanti wrote me a personal email back. I guess what I wrote must have made an impression.
BTW, my daughter is now engaged to be married in NY!
