Maybe it's just me...: New Yorkers for Constitutional Freedoms has filed a suit against NY Gay Marriage

Monday, July 25, 2011

New Yorkers for Constitutional Freedoms has filed a suit against NY Gay Marriage

The Rev. Jason McGuire, executive director of New Yorkers for Constitutional Freedoms with Sen. Ruben Diaz

And now the fools rush in. This group New Yorkers for Constitutional Freedoms has filed a suit against the Senate for NY's gay marriage. See their press release:

New Yorkers for Constitutional Freedoms, Rev. Jason J. McGuire, Rev. Duane R. Motley and Rabbi Nathaniel S. Leiter are listed as plaintiffs. The plaintiffs, represented by the Liberty Counsel, contend that same-sex “marriage” legislation was only able to pass the State Legislature through:

meetings that violated New York State Open Meetings Laws.

the suspension of normal Senate voting procedures to prevent Senators who opposed the bill from speaking.

failure to follow Senate procedures that require that a bill must be sent to appropriate committees prior to being placed before the full Senate for a vote.

unprecedented Senate lock-outs by which lobbyists and the public were denied access to elected representatives.

the Governor’s violation of the constitutionally mandated three-day review period before the Legislature votes on a bill by unjustifiably issuing a message of necessity.

promises (which were fulfilled) by high-profile elected officials and Wall Street financiers to make large campaign contributions to Republican senators who switched their vote from opposing to supporting the Marriage Equality Act.

Rev. Jason J. McGuire, Executive Director, New Yorkers for Constitutional Freedoms, said, “Constitutional liberties were violated. Today we are asking the court to intervene in its rightful role as the check and balance on an out-of-control State Legislature.”

“It is unfortunate that state senators chose to protect their personal interests, rather than the people they were elected to represent. Some of the players may have changed, but it looks like same old Albany game. It is time the curtain be pulled back and the disinfecting light of good government shine upon the Cuomo Administration and our State Legislature,” McGuire concluded.