new yorkers for marriage equality

A new, youth-led campaign for marriage equality has been launched at newyorkequality.com, led by the Manhattan Young Democrats. The campaign is targeting the NY State Senate, who is the last roadblock for the state's marriage equality legislation legalizing same-sex marriage, which was introduced by Gov. David Patterson and has been overwhelming approved in the State Assembly.

You can join the Facebook Group here.

(h/t Future Majority)

In other marriage equality news, New Hampshire's marriage equality legislation seems to have fallen apart. Gov. John Lynch sent a bill passed by both houses of the state legislature back to them, saying he wanted more protections for religious institutions in it (although none were needed, as this clearly only implicates civil marriage and in no way has anything to do with what religious institutions can and cannot do). The legislature refused to make the requested changes, thus killing the bill for this session. Very unfortunate.