NY Senate Rejects Marriage Equality Bill 24-38

After months and months of anticipation and internecine political strife, the New York State Senate voted down a marriage equality bill 24 Yes, 38 Nay.

Here is the full roll call vote:

* Eric Adams (D) — YES “This is about love.”
* Joseph Addabbo (D) — NO
* James Alesi (R) — NO
* Darrel Aubertine (D) — NO
* John Bonacic (R) — NO
* Neil Breslin (D) — YES
* John DeFrancisco (R) — NO
* Ruben Diaz (D) — NO “Sen. Smith, it is better to keep your word.”
* Martin Malave Dilan (D) — YES
* Tom Duane (D) — YES
* Pedro Espada (D) — YES
* Hugh Farley (R) — NO
* John Flanagan (R) — NO
* Brian Foley (D) — YES
* Charles Fuschillo, Jr. (R) — NO
* Martin Golden (R) — NO
* Joseph Griffo (R) — NO
* Kemp Hannon (R) — NO
* Ruth Hassell-Thompson (D) — YES
* Shirley Huntley (D) — NO
* Craig Johnson (D) — YES
* Owen Johnson (R) — NO
* Jeffrey Klein (D) — YES
* Liz Krueger (D) — YES
* Carl Kruger (D) — NO
* Andrew Lanza (R) — NO
* Bill Larkin (R) — NO
* Kenneth LaValle (R) — NO
* Vincent Leibell (R) — NO
* Tom Libous (R) — NO
* Elizabeth Little (R) — NO
* Carl Marcellino (R) — NO
* George Maziarz (R) — NO
* Roy McDonald (R) — NO
* Hiram Monserrate (D) — NO
* Velmanette Montgomery (D) — YES
* Thomas Morahan (R) — NO
* Michael Nozzolio (R) — NO
* George Onorato (D) — NO
* Suzi Oppenheimer (D) — YES
* Frank Padavan (R) — NO
* Kevin Parker (D) — YES
* Bill Perkins (D) — YES
* Michael Ranzenhofer (R) — NO
* Joseph Robach (R) — NO
* Stephen Saland (R) — NO
* John Sampson (D) — YES
* Diane Savino (D) — YES
* Eric Schneiderman (D) — YES
* Jose Serrano (D) — YES
* James Seward (R) — NO
* Dean Skelos (R) — NO
* Malcolm Smith (D) — YES
* Daniel Squadron (D) — YES
* William Stachowski (D) — NO
* Toby Ann Stavisky (D) — YES
* Andrea Stewart-Cousins (D) — YES
* Antoine Thompson (D) — YES
* David Valesky (D) — YES
* Dale Volker (R) — NO
* George Winner (R) — NO
* Catherine Young (R) — NO

It was expected that some Democrats would vote no and that Republican votes were needed. The LGBT community got ZERO votes from Republicans and 8 defections from the bare majority of 32 Democrats in the 62 member body: Stachowski, Onorato, Monserrate, Kruger, Huntley, Diaz, Aubertine and Addabbo.

I trust that Empire State Pride Agenda knows what to do in the State Legislative races in 2010, probably in the Democratic Primaries.

UPDATE 17:10 PM 12/02/2009:

SIX of the EIGHT Democratic State Senators who voted NO are from New York City:

Joseph Addabbo, Jr, 12^th District (Queens), First elected 2008

Darrell Aubertine, 48^th District (North Country/Adirondacks), First elected 2008

Ruben Diaz, 32^nd District (Bronx), Predominantly Latino, First elected 2002

Shirley Huntley, 10^th District (Queens), Predominantly Black, First elected 2006

Carl Kruger, 27^th District (Brooklyn), First elected 1994

Hiram Montserrate, 13^th District (Queens), Big gay, Latino, and South Asian population, First elected 2008

George Onorato, 12^th District (Queens), Big gay population, First elected 1983

William Stachowski, 58^th District (Lake View/North of Albany), First elected 1981

Dayum, New Yawkers! Y'all really gonna take that? REPRESENT!