Will "Secret Yes Votes" Emerge For Gay Marriage Vote?

2009_11_gaytorch.jpg Whether gay marriage manages to make it to a vote in the State Senate is another question entirely, but State Senator Thomas Duane thinks the Senate will vote yes on the matter. According to WNYC, the bill's supporters say that there are "secret yes votes...Duane, the bill’s chief sponsor, says he’s had the votes locked up all along. But Duane won’t release the names of those yes votes because, he says, when it comes to gay marriage, senators have to come out of the closet on their own." Of course, Duane isn't naming names, "I’m not releasing my vote count until we’re ready to vote. What people have told me, they’ve told me in confidence. It just wouldn’t be appropriate for me to share that."

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No courage of their convictions apparently.

It's never the right time for Albany.

Hey, if they put the votes on the table, then they can play it close to the chest until then. Go equality!

Jen, I photographed this on the Bowery yesterday. I assume it's related to the gay marriage vote - but I could be wrong...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bitchcakes/4107883946/

nope, this has nothing to do with gay people... it was made to represent the new museums openness and optimism for contemporary art

Thanks for the info. Either way, I thought it was cute.

Hrm, part of me buys it. But the other 99% of me that isn't naive and no longer thinks there is any hope at all in Albany calls bullshit.

Those secret votes usually mean more Nays than Yeas.

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