NY: Activists Using Guerilla Tactics Against Anti Gay Marriage Senators

Civil rights organizers have employed rallies and demonstrations to call attention to injustices for generations, but some LGBT activists in New York who remain enraged by the state Senate’s vote against marriage for same-sex couples have begun to resort to guerrilla tactics and other forms of civil disobedience. The Dec. 2 vote against the marriage bill represented a significant setback in efforts to extend marriage to gays and lesbians in the Empire State. Many Democratic senators had initially said they supported the bill’s passage, but eight eventually voted against the measure. And the protests began almost immediately. Activists confronted state Sen. Carl Kruger [D-Brooklyn] as he left the Senate floor in Albany, accusing him of being closeted and telling him he betrayed his LGBT supporters. Full Story from Edge Boston: http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=100804

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