New York is somewhat infamous for its highly dysfunctional legislature anyway, but the Senate really outdid itself this week. The gay marriage bill, after passing the Assembly, and with a promised signature from the governor, was defeated by a wide margin in the Senate. We had the opportunity to be the 6th state to come to its senses and recognize that the government doesn’t play a useful role in deciding who should be allowed to marry whom, but opted instead to yield to fear-mongering and religiously motivated intolerance. Among the naysayers was my own state Senator. I’d take it out on him at the polls, but I can’t figure out how to not vote for him any more than I haven’t in the past.

If you’d like to listen to a Senator who gets it, take a listen to Sen. Diane Savino’s lucid plea from the Senate floor during the vote. You go girl!