Republican NY State Senator Roy McDonald's Awesome Defense Of Gay Marriage; Bloomberg Visits Albany

Republican New York State Senator Roy McDonald is one of the few Republicans who's said he will vote to legalize gay marriage in New York.

Reacting to pressure from the Conservative Party, anti-gay marriage groups, and religious leaders, McDonald gave a statement to the press which included a remarkable quote.

From The New York Daily News:

"You get to the point where you evolve in your life where everything isn't black and white, good and bad, and you try to do the right thing," McDonald, 64, told reporters.

"You might not like that. You might be very cynical about that. Well, fuck it, I don't care what you think. I'm trying to do the right thing.

"I'm tired of Republican-Democrat politics. They can take the job and shove it. I come from a blue-collar background. I'm trying to do the right thing, and that's where I'm going with this."

McDonald's support for the gay marriage bill leaves it only one vote shy of having enough support to be made into law. Today, senate Republicans met behind closed doors and say they're undecided if they'll let the bill come to the floor.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg--an outspoken gay marriage advocate and the single biggest donor to New York Republican senators--visited Albany today to try to persuade a handful of undecided Republican senators to vote 'yes' on the historic measure. Bloomberg has publicly threatened to stop funding any Republican who doesn't vote for gay marriage.

Comments

[ganli18]

11:08 PM on 07/27/2011

Taken from the article "Bloomberg has publicly threatened to stop funding any Republican who doesn't vote for gay marriage." Wow...does that mean that, any politician who wishes to have a bill passed, would do anything and everything even to the extent of threats and coercion so his fellow republicans would do as he say?

I think the validity of the votes now. Wow...how could somebody sleep well at night after coercing and threatening fellow republicans just to make that vote. Apparently, there are those "hidden" benefactors or sponsors of the said bill also dictating behind the scenes.

What is going on with the world?

[John R. Coats]

10:46 AM on 07/05/2011

After reading, in Jeff Sharlett's C Street, about the Officer's Christian Fellowship (OCF), a fundamentalist group within the officer corp of the US military (at publication, 15,000 members at more than 80% of US military bases), this story comes as a welcome breath of fresh air.

[Jebbushnot]

10:48 AM on 06/29/2011

He will be punished for that remark...FoxNews will carry out the execution.

[FlashyCat]

08:15 PM on 06/28/2011

Daaaaaaamn!

[sadie11]

03:19 PM on 06/27/2011

He is my new best friend.

[mlrose529]

02:37 AM on 06/26/2011

In my wildest fever dreams I have often imagined a politician making such a statement. I just never thought it would come to fruition. And by an older Republican, no less! Proof of evolution right there. I'd love to think karma will come back to shine on Sen. McDonald, both personally and professionally.

[Joe Lux]

02:04 AM on 06/26/2011

That "blue-collar background" will disappear with the generation Roy MacDonald belongs to. His "F" quote has that proud New York attitude to ignore the "bull" and to do what's right,

[Privlidge]

10:39 PM on 06/25/2011

I can't believe I'm about to say this, but finally a republican who is more concerned with doing the right thing than getting votes. I'm a cynic at heart, so I'm always looking for an ulterior motive when any republican does something I agree with, but this time I'll set that aside for a while and give him the benefit of the doubt. Even if the loss of Bloomberg's campaign contributions finally made him come around, it still took massive balls to go against your political party and vote for gay marriage in New York.

[WakeUpinthisCentury]

01:41 AM on 07/07/2011

It might be nice to see a few Democrats willing to put their careers on the line as well.

[IAmNoOne]

07:27 PM on 06/25/2011

Now that's a Republican I can vote for.

[ganli18]

11:10 PM on 07/27/2011

You need to remember, Bloomberg "made" him...and if that is so, how much was his vote for?

[redsoxpagan]

07:18 PM on 06/25/2011

Kudos to Senator McDonald. Makes one proud to be an American, human being, and Celtic! ;)

[gimmelbop]

05:24 PM on 06/25/2011

Unexpected and appreciated outbreak of common sense.

[dave ochs]

04:00 PM on 06/25/2011

Sen Roy from NY, much respect to you sir for being a stand up individual, if more republcans were into doing the right thing I would vote for them.
dave

[realister]

01:26 PM on 06/25/2011

Bloomberg does the right thing for once.

[ottovonb]

12:21 PM on 06/25/2011

Senator, you restore my faith in government - I salute you - a true portrait of political courage.

[Thomas Overbeck]

09:33 AM on 06/25/2011

Best. Quote. Ever.