New York leads in never-married women — but what about the men?
New York state has the highest percentage of never-married women in the country, and in New York City it’s even higher. 34.8 percent of New York state women over the age of 15 have never married; in the city, it’s 41.7 percent. That’s not particularly surprising — culturally, it’s odd to get married before you’re [...]
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Bike Lane Scrooges
Apparently bike lanes in New York City are wildly controversial. Setting aside the fact that bike lanes aren’t actually that controversial – the linked article indicates that bike-lane-supporters outnumber the nay-sayers 4 to 1 — who are these scrooges who are against bike lanes? I understand you want your three lanes of traffic instead of [...]
...read moreDo you live in New York? Remember to vote tomorrow.
If you’re wondering who to support, the Working Families Party has great endorsements — check ‘em out. I’ll put in an extra plug for my representative, Yvette Clark, who has done great work in Congress. And even though he’s not my rep, I’ll also plug Jerry Nadler, who has been at the forefront of many [...]
...read more“We have nothing to fear from love and commitment”
via The Awl comes this video of New York State senator Diane Savino speaking about marriage equality yesterday. I also loved her speech: And the speech that really made me lose it was Ruth Hassell-Thompson: One thing I noticed while watching the senate debates was the diversity of the pro-marriage contingent, and how proponents of [...]
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Protecting the Institution of Marriage
I’ve made my views on Ruben Diaz fairly clear. One jackass I’ve focused less on is Hiram Monserrate, a New York state senator who was one of eight Democrats to vote “no” on the marriage equality bill that failed today. Mr. Monserrate was too cowardly to speak on the senate floor about marriage equality, and [...]
...read moreCome on, New York!
If you live in New York state, give your senator a call right now. You can watch the marriage equality debate live here. UPDATE: The bill lost, 24-38. The only senator to speak out against it was Ruben Diaz Sr; all the other no-voting cowards and bigots stayed silent. Eight New York Democrats — Addabbo, [...]
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