The Very Last on NY Gay Marriage Vote Plus The Power Gays in NY
Ap reports:
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) New York's Senate Republican conference is scheduled to enter a closed-door session at midmorning.
But before the Republicans can consider potentially historic action on a proposed gay marriage bill, they have a stack of important if more mundane bills to tackle.
Gay marriage isn't even expected to be a on the agenda when the GOP lawmakers convene at 10 a.m. Thursday.
Even three days after the legislative session was scheduled to end, the Senate and Assembly are clogged with bills to debate and pass.
I will conclude this report by posting an article that appeared a few hours ago Above The Law
by By ELIE MYSTAL.
I thought that while we wait we might as well be amused.
This piece is called, 'The Power Gays in New York':
As we all await a vote on gay marriage in New York, yesterday the New York Observer came out with a wonderful list: the 50 most powerful gay people in New York. They’ve called them “power gays,” and that, my friends, is just fun to say. Here, I’ll use it in a scene.OLD GUY: Is that guy over there… a gay?
ELIE: No. He’s a POWER gay.The number one most powerful gay person in New York is City Council Speaker Christine Quinn. That makes sense. Christine Quinn could well be the next mayor of New York City, and unlike other potential NYC mayoral candidates, she doesn’t have a penis that can be photographed and disseminated over Twitter.But, more for our purposes, the power gays include a number of lawyers…There are a number of power gay lawyers according to the NYO. The kids will want to become familiar with Peter Lyons. He’s the managing director of Leeds Private Equity, the firm that recently acquired Bar/Bri.You can certainly be a powerful gay man or woman and make it in Biglaw. Check out the profiles ofMarc Wolinsky at Wachtell, or Lisa Linsky at McDermott.And of course, there’s Ken Mehlman, the recently out of the closet powerfully gay Republican strategist. I guess we’ll see if his new fangled Republican gay is more powerful than old school donkey gay over the next election cycle.There are also some power gay judges on the list: U.S. District Judge Deborah Batts and District Court nominee Paul Oetken. So those two can look forward to having their judgments questioned by raging homophobes. Hopefully they’re powerful enough to overcome the bigotry.Fifty power gays, and we’re very close to gay marriage in New York. Things are most definitely getting better for gays and lesbians and all lovers of civil rights.The New Power Gays: NYC’s Top 50 [New York Observer]
As we all await a vote on gay marriage in New York, yesterday the New York Observer came out with a wonderful list: the 50 most powerful gay people in New York. They’ve called them “power gays,” and that, my friends, is just fun to say. Here, I’ll use it in a scene.ELIE: No. He’s a POWER gay.
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