On the evening of Friday, June 24, 2011, the New York State Senate passed a bill legalizing same gender marriage. When I heard the news I wrote a letter to the editor of our local newspaper. This is what I wrote:
Late in the evening of June 24, 2011, the New York State Senate approved a bill legalizing same gender marriage. The bill will become law when signed by the Governor. The movement for marriage equality has scored a significant victory. That movement is unstoppable in the long run. Equality and the equal dignity of all of God's people cannot be denied forever. I pray for the day when our state will end its discriminatory policy of denying the benefits and obligations of marriage to same gender couples and recognize the right of all people to be who God made them to be and to make their own decisions about their lives and about whom they love.
Late in the evening of June 24, 2011, the New York State Senate approved a bill legalizing same gender marriage. The bill will become law when signed by the Governor. The movement for marriage equality has scored a significant victory. That movement is unstoppable in the long run. Equality and the equal dignity of all of God's people cannot be denied forever. I pray for the day when our state will end its discriminatory policy of denying the benefits and obligations of marriage to same gender couples and recognize the right of all people to be who God made them to be and to make their own decisions about their lives and about whom they love.
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