memeorandum: Despite vote, majority of Congressmen want to defund the Libya war (Josh Rogin/Foreign Policy)

10:40 AM ET, June 25, 2011

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Gay Marriage Approved by N.Y. Senate — ALBANY — Lawmakers voted late Friday to legalize same-sex marriage, making New York the largest state where gay and lesbian couples will be able to wed, and giving the national gay-rights movement new momentum from the state where it was born.

Discussion: TPMDC, Mediaite, Reuters, The Huffington Post, Poynter, News Desk, msnbc.com, Taylor Marsh, Outside the Beltway, MoveOn.Org, Towleroad News #gay, ACS Blog, The Reality-Based Community, Althouse, Truthdig and Feministing

NY Daily News:

Gay marriage legal in New York State after Senate passes historic bill 33-29 — ALBANY - New York made history last night as the State Senate voted “aye” on gay marriage. — Senators passed the bill 33 to 29 as the normally somnolent chambers erupted in a raucous chant of “USA! USA!”

Discussion: The Atlantic Online and GayPatriot

ThinkProgress:

New York Passes Same Sex Marriage Bill: Population Living Under Equality More Than Doubles — Moments ago, in a vote of 33 to 29, the New York Senate passed a marriage equality bill, thereby doubling the number of Americans living in a state where gay and lesbian people can marry.

Discussion: Angry Black Lady Chronicles, The BRAD BLOG and Towleroad News #gay

Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:

The arc of history bends towards justice in N.Y. — Six down, 44 to go. … The final vote was 33 to 29. New York joins Connecticut, Iowa, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, and the District of Columbia as the only places in the U.S. where same-sex couples can get legally married.

Discussion: The Huffington Post and The Moderate Voice

City Room:

Consensus Reached on Religious Exemptions in Gay Marriage Bill — ALBANY — The Cuomo administration and legislative leaders have reached agreement on language to protect religious institutions from obligations to recognize same-sex marriage, two people involved in the negotiations said on Friday afternoon …

Discussion: AMERICAblog Gay, Poliglot, LGBT | POV, Taylor Marsh, The Raw Story, Hot Air, Runnin' Scared, Pam's House Blend, LGBTQ Nation, New York Magazine, Towleroad News #gay and Politics on the Hudson

Reid J. Epstein / The Politico:

Historic N.Y. vote is a win for Cuomo, gay rights activists — Striking what advocates believe is a historic victory for gay rights, New York on Friday approved same-sex marriage, making the Empire State the sixth and largest state to allow gays and lesbians to marry

Discussion: LGBTQ Nation and The Moderate Voice

John McCormack / Weekly Standard:

New York Conservative Party Chairman Predicts Passage of Same Sex Marriage Bill — Mike Long, the chairman of the New York Conservative Party and a leading opponent of the bill to institue same sex marriage in New York, tells THE WEEKLY STANDARD that the bill will likely pass “by the end of the night.”

Discussion: Towleroad News #gay, ThinkProgress and Gawker

CNN:

New York governor signs same-sex marriage bill into law — Albany, New York (CNN) — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed the state's marriage equality bill hours after it passed the Republican-controlled Senate on Friday night, making it the sixth state in the nation to legalize same-sex marriage.

Discussion: Weasel Zippers

Sandhya Somashekhar / Washington Post:

New York legalizes same-sex marriage in win for gay rights advocates — The New York Senate voted Friday to legalize same-sex marriage, delivering a significant victory to the gay rights movement and making New York the largest state to permit such unions. — Given the state's population …

Discussion: AMERICAblog Gay

Mary Snow / CNN: New York legislators approve same-sex marriage

New York Times:
N.Y. State Senate to Vote on Same-Sex Marriage

Discussion: Queerty, Gawker, Sky Dancing, Lawyers, Guns & Money, The Volokh Conspiracy and Towleroad News #gay

Nick Reisman / Capital Tonight:
When Will Same-Sex Marriage Be Voted On?

Discussion: The Lonely Conservative, LGBTQ Nation and AMERICAblog Gay

John Burger / The Daily Register:
Archbishop Dolan on Same-Sex ‘Marriage’ Vote

Discussion: ThinkProgress, The Reality-Based Community and Joe. My. God.

Reid J. Epstein / The Politico:
Gay marriage bill moves to New York senate floor

Discussion: LGBTQ Nation, Las Vegas Blog and Salon

Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:

GOP Rep. McCarthy to Obama: ‘Get off the golf course’ and ‘get engaged’ — The No. 3 Republican leader in the House took President Obama to task Friday, claiming he should put the golf clubs down and get directly involved in the budget talks with Congress. — “He's got to get off …

Discussion: Weasel Zippers, Flap's Blog and HotAirPundit

Daniel Strauss / The Hill: Sen. Sessions challenges Obama to make debt-ceiling talks public

Catherine Dodge / Bloomberg:
House's McCarthy Says Obama Must ‘Show Leadership’ in Deficit Negotiations

Discussion: The Page

The Huffington Post:
Obama, Boehner Held Secret Debt Ceiling Meeting At White House

Discussion: Washington Monthly and TPMDC

G-A-Y / Good As You:

Photo: Stonewall. Right now. 42 years later. — From G-A-Y pal Scott Wooledge: — [@Clarknt67] — Chills. — Another view, courtesy of Mel England: — [@melengland]

Discussion: Crooks and Liars

Ben White / The Politico:

First look: Fear over Greece grows - New this morning: Bernanke numbers drop - Hot this morning: Oil bounces back - Boehner under pressure — MIND MELD: WHY WALL STREET HATES WASHINGTON - Bring up Washington's understanding of financial markets around Wall Street and you get rolled eyes and four-letter words.

Katya Wachtel / CNBC:
Here's What Happened at That Big Dinner With Obama and the Hedge Funders

Discussion: Firedoglake, Hullabaloo and The Lonely Conservative

Josh Rogin / Foreign Policy:

Despite vote, majority of Congressmen want to defund the Libya war — Obama administration officials are claiming a partial victory today because the House rejected a measure to defund the Libya war, even after rejecting a separate measure that would have authorized the war.

Discussion: New York Times, Newshoggers.com, Reuters, Weekly Standard, Cato @ Liberty, Outside the Beltway, Mudville Gazette, The Politico and Taylor Marsh

Josh Rogin / Foreign Policy:
Exclusive: Top U.S. admiral admits we are trying to kill Qaddafi

Discussion: Outside the Beltway, ThinkProgress, Pajamas Media, The Other McCain, BLACKFIVE and National Review

Jordan Howard / The Huffington Post:

Bachmann Takes Swipe At Romney On Abortion … WASHINGTON — Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) said Friday that the 2012 elections was not the time for Republicans to nominate someone with a wavering record on abortion, alluding to one of her competitors in the race.

A.Killough / CNN:
GOP candidates talk abortion

Discussion: LifeNews.com, Hot Air, Little Green Footballs, Alan Colmes' Liberaland and msnbc.com

Indianapolis Star:

Judge stays abortion law that defunded Planned Parenthood — A federal judge has halted enforcement of a law cutting off funding to Planned Parenthood of Indiana and other entities that provide abortions. — The ruling by U.S. District Judge Tanya Walton Pratt on Friday night means Planned Parenthood …

Discussion: Crooks and Liars and Alan Colmes' Liberaland

Matthew Continetti / Weekly Standard:

Queen of the Tea Party — The presidential campaign of Michele Bachmann — If she'd fallen backward, she'd have been killed. It was September 2009, during her second term in Congress, and a magazine had sent a photographer to shoot Michele Bachmann. He escorted her to the third floor rotunda …

Discussion: Power Line

Ynetnews:

Report: Bushehr experts killed in Russian plane crash — Iranian nuclear efforts suffer major setback as five leading figures in design of its nuclear facilities perish in crash — Five Russian scientists who assisted in the design of Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant were among …