pride, part I

Tonight, right now, I am curled up with Kathy, watching Rachel Maddow's coverage of the New York state senate's vote on whether to extend the right to marry to same sex couples.  This would be the first time that a Republican-controlled branch of the legislature passed a gay-marriage measure.  It seems entirely appropriate to me that this vote is happening on the cusp of the anniversary of the Stonewall rebellion in New York City.

If gay marriage passes in the next few minutes, New York will truly have a reason to be proud.