It has come to my attention that on December 2nd, the New York State Senate voted to reject a bill that would allow same sex couples to wed. I have always been proud to be from New York, in part because of the diversity and tolerance I though we exhibited, especially when compared with other parts of the country but I have never been so disappointed in my state. I sincerely hope that when Senator Libous suggested that he doesn't think "the majority [of New Yorkers] care too much about it at this time because they’re out of work," it was only an example of his ignorance and prejudiced and not in any way rooted in truth. New York failed thousands of its inhabitants on Wednesday and I am truly sorry. Hopefully in 2011 when the new Legislature is installed we will be able to set right this mistake.