The New York Observer » Empire State Pride Agenda http://www.observer.com Just another WordPress site Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:57:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Even Discussion Is Beneficial, Same-Sex Marriage Advocates Say ALBANY—They'll think about it, at least.

After public calls for same-sex marriage to be put on the agenda of a special session now scheduled for Nov. 10, members of the State Senate Democratic conference are hoping to at least hash it out in a closed-door conference.

"I think it's a conversation we need Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2009/politics/even-discussion-beneficial-same-sex-marriage-advocates-say The Time Is Right, Now, for Gillibrand on Gay Rights At the moment, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand is receiving lots of positive attention for being at the forefront of efforts in the Senate to do away with Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, a policy that has come to seem embarrassingly retrograde for most of her party.

"Our new senator has been proactive in reaching out to Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/4753/time-right-now-gillibrand-gay-rights The Gay Movement, After Marriage On the night of June 26, two days before the gay pride parade would overtake Manhattan in honor of the 40th birthday of the Stonewall riots that are popularly imagined as the birth of the gay rights movement, a group numbering a couple of dozen mostly gay men and women found themselves crammed into the Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2009/politics/gay-movement-after-marriage The Case Against Gay Marriage, On Air ALBANY—The sleepy opposition is finally stirring, as a national group has releases this advertisement making the case against efforts to legalize same-sex marriage in New York. The National Organization for Marriage, a New Jersey-based group that has campaigned across the country to stop or repeal the legalization of same-sex marriage, produced the ad, which focuses Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2009/politics/case-against-gay-marriage-air The Case Against Gay Marriage, On Air ALBANY—The sleepy opposition is finally stirring, as a national group has releases this advertisement making the case against efforts to legalize same-sex marriage in New York.

The National Organization for Marriage, a New Jersey-based group that has campaigned across the country to stop or repeal the legalization of same-sex marriage, produced the Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/3753/case-against-gay-marriage-air In Final Push, Pride Agenda Releases Another Ad ALBANY—Continuing to lobby aggressively for same-sex marriage, the Empire State Pride Agenda unveiled a new television ad this morning, featuring a Rochester family with a gay son and straight daughter. The ad shows a kitchen table discussion with Karen Schuster and her children Luke and Jessica, in which she says Luke should have "the same Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2009/politics/final-push-pride-agenda-releases-another-ad In Final Push, Pride Agenda Releases Another Ad ALBANY—Continuing to lobby aggressively for same-sex marriage, the Empire State Pride Agenda unveiled a new television ad this morning, featuring a Rochester family with a gay son and straight daughter.

The ad shows a kitchen table discussion with Karen Schuster and her children Luke and Jessica, in which she says Luke should have "the Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/3703/final-push-pride-agenda-releases-another-ad Gay Lobby Rules ALBANY—The message was clear to anyone who was at the Capitol on April 28: the pro-same-sex marriage lobby is an organized force you don't want to reckon with. More than 2,000 people packed the Empire State Convention center. Organizers communicated via radio head set. Advocates sat at tables marked by legislative district—the Senate district tables Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2009/politics/gay-lobby-rules Gay Lobby Rules ALBANY—The message was clear to anyone who was at the Capitol on April 28: the pro-same-sex marriage lobby is an organized force you don't want to reckon with.

More than 2,000 people packed the Empire State Convention center. Organizers communicated via radio head set. Advocates sat at tables marked by legislative district—the Senate district Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/3670/gay-lobby-rules Gillibrand Headlines ESPA Fund-Raiser Here’s the invite for a fund-raiser the Empire State Pride Agenda is hosting, with Kirsten Gillibrand as the keynote speaker, tomorrow in Rochester. It's particularly significant because Gillibrand, before she became a senator, was not at all an advocate of gay rights. That she would support same-sex marriage was a condition of her appointment to Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2009/politics/gillibrand-headlines-espa-fund-raiser Gillibrand Headlines ESPA Fund-Raiser

]]> http://www.observer.com/3553/gillibrand-headline-espa-fund-raiser ‘Barb and Don’ Speak for Same-Sex Marriage Hours after the Assembly passed (for the second time) a bill legalizing same-sex marriage, the Empire State Pride Agenda released this web video, which they said will also appear on television.

The ad features a straight couple talking about their gay daughter who wants to get married.

The move to make a straight Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/3523/barb-don-speak-same-sex-marriage ‘Barb and Don’ Speak for Same-Sex Marriage Hours after the Assembly passed (for the second time) a bill legalizing same-sex marriage, the Empire State Pride Agenda released this web video, which they said will also appear on television. The ad features a straight couple talking about their gay daughter who wants to get married. The move to make a straight couple the Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2009/politics/barb-and-don-speak-same-sex-marriage Gays Give Paterson a Standing Ovation ALBANY—An estimated 2,000 people gathered to celebrate "Equality and Justice Day" just gave David Paterson a standing ovation, and chanted "David, David" before the governor gave a speech championing same-sex marriage and casting it as a civil rights issue. Paterson was introduced by Empire State Pride Agenda executive director Alan Van Cappelle, who said, "New Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2009/politics/gays-give-paterson-standing-ovation Gays Give Paterson a Standing Ovation ALBANY—An estimated 2,000 people gathered to celebrate "Equality and Justice Day" just gave David Paterson a standing ovation, and chanted "David, David" before the governor gave a speech championing same-sex marriage and casting it as a civil rights issue.

Paterson was introduced by Empire State Pride Agenda executive director Alan Van Cappelle, who said, Read More

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