Sign outside state Sen. Diane Savino's door irks Staten Island gay marriage opponents

http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2011/06/sign_outside_state_sen_diane_s.html

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Tired of receiving what she said were "incredibly offensive" pamphlets from opponents of same-sex marriage, state Sen. Diane Savino this week posted a sign outside the door to her Albany office in hopes of keeping the "ugly, hateful rhetoric" at bay.

"Bigots & homophobes, please put your literature here" the sign read above her office mailbox.

Staffers said the literature the senator and her aides had been receiving from foes of marriage equality featured images that were pornographic.

Ms. Savino (D-North Shore/Brooklyn) is a long-time supporter of same-sex marriage.

"I don't know why they kept giving it to her because it's not like she is going to change her mind," said one Savino staffer who asked not to be identified.

In an e-mail to the Advance, Ms. Savino said the sign was removed today because "the visitors have stopped."

"Some of the people who were from the Albany area -- no NYC or constituents -- were incredibly offensive," said Ms. Savino. "I am not going to tolerate people coming into my office, threatening my staff or me. Ugly, hateful rhetoric is not allowed."

Gene Cosgriff, of the Staten Island Right to Life Committee, e-mailed a photo of the sign to the Advance with the comment: "Ms. Savino seems to have forgotten that as a representative of all of her constituents, she is supposed to respect diverse opinions, even those with which she doesn't agree. Besmirching the names of those who support the time immemorial belief that marriage is the union of a man with a woman is not only poor judgment and tasteless, it is an outrageous insult."

The same-sex marriage bill, a signature issue of Gov. Andrew Cuomo, passed the Democratic-controlled Assembly earlier this week but has bogged down in the Republican-controlled state Senate, just one vote shy of passage.

State Sen. Andrew Lanza (R-Staten Island), an opponent in the past who has characterized himself as undecided this time around, is among the GOP senators being courted by Cuomo.

In recent days, he and others have said they'd like to see additional language in the bill that exempts religious institutions.

The earliest a vote will be taken in the Senate will be Monday.

A recent Siena poll found 58 percent of New Yorkers favor same-sex marriage.

If the Legislature passes the bill, New York would become the sixth state legalizing marriage between same-sex partners.

The Serpent turns..... The country is waking up to the fact of what these people really are.....


Hate Groups, and Christian Terrorists...... and they are being listed as such with the Southern Poverty Law Center....


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miULdI-qocg

Seems handy for almost anyone.

Why take what down?



Did the SPLC take down the names they posted?


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I missed that part.... she took the sign down... Ok, got it...