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標題: [舊聞] 紐約州下議院通過婚姻平等法
時間: Tue Jun 26 16:31:30 2007
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
Assembly Passes Marriage Equality Bill
簡介：紐約州下議院19日以85票對61票通過婚姻平等法，只要參議院也通過，紐約
州的同性婚姻即可合法化，可望成為美國第二個開放同性婚姻的州。婚姻平
等法是由州長Spitzer所大力推動，但參議院多數黨領袖共和黨籍Joe Bruno
仍揚言將杯葛這項法案。因此，能否順利通過，仍有待觀察。東森新聞20日
報導「紐約州成為繼美國麻州以外，第二個允許同性婚姻的州」還言之過早
。另外報導也提及，加州下議院也通過婚姻平等法，參議院雖然還沒表決但
已表示支持，儘管法案被認為能順利過關，加州州長史瓦辛格已揚言將再次
動用否決權否決該法案。
The New York State Assembly just voted to pass the marriage bill by a vote
of 85 to 61. The vote comes a bit over a month after Gov. Spitzer
introduced the bill into the Legislature and a bit under a year since the
NYS Court of Appeals ruled that it's the Legislature's job to decide on
the issue of same-sex marriage. We'll post the vote tally shortly.
Although marriage for same-sex couples is not yet law in New York, this
vote isn't something to be taken lightly. Since the Court of Appeals
decision last July, the New York State LGBT community and our allies have
been relentlessly engaged in a dialogue with elected officials that quite
powerfully conveyed how important this issue is to us—and that we are not
going to let up anytime soon. The Assembly heard this and understood that
the majority of New Yorkers believe in marriage equality. Hopefully the
Senate is listening a little more intently than Joe Bruno would have us
otherwise believing.
The Assembly vote was bipartisan.
New York is only the second state where at least one chamber has passed a
bill that would legalize full marriage equality for same-sex couples.
California is the other, and that state's Assembly just passed a marriage
equality bill for the second time. The California State Senate is also
expected to pass the bill, but Gov. Schwarzenegger has promised to veto it.
Now the only thing that stands between gay New Yorkers and their ability to
marry is the State Senate, and Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno has
mentioned more than once that the marriage bill will not be moving under
his watch. His majority, however, has been steadily shrinking—most notably
(and most recently) with Craig Johnson's victory this past February as an
openly pro-marriage equality candidate in a traditionally Republican
district.
Also, Gov. Spitzer, who introduced and heavily supports same-sex marriage,
has only seen a rise in approval ratings since he introduced the marriage
program bill into the NYS legislature on April 27.
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