New York City, N.Y., Dec 2, 2009 / 14:01 pm
On Wednesday Dec. 2, the New York Senate voted 38-24 against a bill to legalize same-sex "marriage" in the state.
“We are extremely pleased that the New York State Senate in a bipartisan vote rejected the concept that marriage can be anything other than the union of one man and one woman,” said Richard E. Barnes, executive director of the New York Catholic Conference on Wednesday.
“It has become clear that Americans continue to understand marriage the way it has been understood, and New York is not different in that regard,” continued Barnes in a statement on the New York Catholic Conference website. “This is a victory for the basic building block of our society.”
The Democratic-controlled state assembly had passed a same-sex “marriage” bill three times in the past with no difficulty but this was the first instance of it being voted on in the Senate. Though New York is politically one of the most liberal states in the U.S, a recent poll has shown the public to be split on the issue of same-sex “marriage.”