New York joins the rest of us grown up states in extending gay marriage rights to us!!!

By a vote of 33 to 29 tonight (Friday), New York senators voted to allow gay marriage to become the sixth and most populated state to do so!

After Governor Andrew Cuomo signs the bill into law, same-sex weddings will begin in 30 days.  Religious institutions and nonprofit groups with religious affiliations will not be compelled to officiate at such ceremonies if they decide to stay in the dark ages though.

New York joins five other states — New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Vermont, Connecticut, Iowa — and the District of Columbia to grant same-sex marriage licenses.

Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo has promised to pass the bill into law.

Predictably, the Catholic Church condemned the historic law, saying, ““We strongly uphold the Catholic Church’s clear teaching that we always treat our homosexual brothers and sisters with respect, dignity and love. But we just as strongly affirm that marriage is the joining of one man and one woman in a lifelong, loving union that is open to children, ordered for the good of those children and the spouses themselves. This definition cannot change, though we realize that our beliefs about the nature of marriage will continue to be ridiculed, and that some will even now attempt to enact government sanctions against churches and religious organizations that preach these timeless truths.”

**Since they didn’t put any residency requirement on this bill, that means any couple from the US can get MARRIED in NY!**