New York, New York!

Today the Senate of New York voted to pass a bill making same-sex marriage legal. Gov. Cuomo signed it, and it will take effect in 30 days. New York joins Connecticut, Iowa, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermoont and Washington D.C.
Twitter and Tumblr were bursting with celebratory messages. This song kept running through my head. Liza Minelli  performed it in Martin Scorcese's amazing film New York, New York (1977). This performance from "Liberty Weekend" in 1986 (the centenary of the Statue of Liberty). I love her incredible stage presence.

 This wonderful picture of the rainbow-lit Empire State building is making the rounds on Twitter.

With liberty and justice FOR ALL

Oh, this kid is amazing. In fact, he is a genius. And his dad is so proud of him. I love how the dad explains how he talks to his kid and doesn't condescend to him. And the CNN anchor asked Will a hard question and he answered it well.
Will, thank you for taking a stand and for being so cool.


Here's an article from The Huffington Post (picking up on the story from Queerty)
If you are on Facebook (I am not) and want to join the Will-Phillips-you-are-awesome group, you can do that here!