Albany, NY – Republican state senators who are key to the future of gay marriage in New York have taken a break from their closed-door debate on the issue.
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That will delay a possible vote on a legalization bill, although the Senate could still act on Thursday or Friday.
Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos said after a three-hour session Wednesday that no decisions have been made to even send the bill to the floor.
It remains unknown if there are enough GOP senators bucking the conference position and supporting legalization.
Senate Republicans led an effort to easily defeat a similar bill in 2009.
But enough Democratic and Republican senators have announced changes in their votes that there may now be a tie in the chamber.
At least two remain undecided.
to all those that think there are more important issues then this:
(1 there is no mitzvah in the torah to get food stamps and money for yeshivos. however gay marriage is a isur d’oraisa and there is nothing more important then torah, EVEN if we loose support on other issues.
(2 to say it will only affect goyim, this is ossur even for a goy. it’s included in the sheva mitzvos bnei noach (see rambam). and it’s our acharayus to make these mitzvos known.
(3 if it becomes legal the you must accept it you’r business will get sued for discrimination ect.
THEREFORE it is a chiyuv for us to do whatever we can to stop it even at the cost of other issues.