LIC Linkage: vote for Edible Queens hero; gay marriage off the NY table

Onorato showed just how cowardly he is with this vote. Has this man ever even visited Hunters Point and explained what he has done in his long tenure as a state senator? He’s a total waste of space.

That’s strange, I always thought Onorato was gay himself. I’ve lived in Astoria for most of my life (30 years) and this man has been around since I was in junior high. He’s never done anything meaningful other than kiss Peter Vallone’s ugly rear end. Alas, the reason Astoria will always be mediocre.

Please! We are going to hold a meeting on his gay marraige vote??? Seems that there are doezen of question that should be rasied before that one which have a more direct impact on life in NY.

I’m also a married straight guy and embarrassed that we’ve been so poorly represented Onorato for many years. Finally, with his stupid vote on gay marriage, I pray that the chickens are coming home to roost for him.

For me, the measure is simply about equality before the law. It’s just not appropriate, or constitutional, in my view, for government to withhold certain rights it gives to others. Some folks might be uncomfortable with the loaded word “marriage,” with all the religiosity it summons in our minds. Get over it. Gay people shouldn’t have to suffer discrimination in our legal codes just because someone feel discomfort using the word “married” for these couples, just as they felt discomfort in the recent past when blacks and whites were finally allowed to marry.

Enough with the nonsense and divisiveness: give gays the right to marry and let’s move on. It’s already legal in other states and there’s no compelling reason to outlaw it in NY.

Guess what 9, a large portion of those unemployed are gay and lesbian and wondering how to pay next month’s rent. Equality provides survivor benefits, health insurance benefits, survivor disability, etc., etc.

This is a simple issue that does not require a drop of State budget spent other than for the ink and paper. It requires no community meetings any more than the idea of allowing people of color to vote ever should have had a community meeting.

Another married straight guy in support of gay-lesbian rights.

11, it’s to show objectivity. I said I wasn’t gay (No. 8) because I don’t see equality before the law as a gay or straight issue. Perhaps if other straight people against gay marriage read these viewpoints, they may reconsider their opposition.