Wedding bells in New York

On June 24, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed legislation legalizing same-sex marriage in New York.

It's about damn time.  And every other state in the United States that hasn't legalized it needs to do so pronto.

And why?  From a legalistic point of view, it's so that gay and lesbians can enjoy the same rights as straight people.  And from a personal and selfish point of view, it's so gay men might stop marrying straight women and screwing up their lives.

Of course, the radical right wing fundamnmentalists are screaming that this will undermine the institution of marriage.  And to that, I post the following status I saw on Facebook on June 25:

So...let me get this STRAIGHT....Kelsey Grammer can end a 15yr marriage by phone, Larry King is on divorce #9, Britney Spears had a 55 hr marriage, Jesse James & Tiger Woods, while married, were having sex with EVERYONE, 53% of Americans get divorced and 30-60% cheat on their spouses. Yet, same-sex marriage is going to destroy the institution of marriage? Really? Re-post if you find this ironic.

Yeah, really.