{"id":824,"date":"2009-06-15T07:09:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-15T11:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/2009\/06\/15\/bruno-no-not-that-bruno-supports-same-sex-marriage\/"},"modified":"2011-06-17T10:14:46","modified_gmt":"2011-06-17T14:14:46","slug":"bruno-no-not-that-bruno-supports-same-sex-marriage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/2009\/06\/15\/bruno-no-not-that-bruno-supports-same-sex-marriage\/","title":{"rendered":"Bruno \u2013 no, not that Bruno \u2013 supports same-sex marriage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just as the new Bruno movie (think Borat in tighter pants) pushes homosexuality back into the realm of water-cooler conversation, another Bruno is weighing in on same-sex marriage.<\/p>\n<p>Former Republican Senate majority leader Joe Bruno &#8212; a self-described &#8220;conservative Roman Catholic&#8221; &#8212; now says gays and lesbians should be allowed to marry.<\/p>\n<p>In a written statement, he told the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.poststar.com\/articles\/2009\/06\/15\/news\/local\/14906021.txt\">Associated Press<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>As a Republican, I believe in personal freedom&#8230;I opposed same-sex marriage largely because the overwhelming majority of my caucus opposed it&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>As a relatively conservative Roman Catholic, I instinctively view marriage as the foundation of the family.  However, that view really does conflict with the rights that are afforded all of us. <\/p>\n<p>This is America and we have inalienable rights &#8230; life is short and we should all be afforded the same opportunities and rights to enjoy it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>According to the AP, Bruno&#8217;s &#8220;change of heart that could influence the measure&#8217;s chances in the state Senate.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Could the Glens Falls-native&#8217;s shift influence Queensbury Republican Betty Little, who opposes same-sex marriage?<\/p>\n<p>Three other North Country lawmakers &#8212; Janet Duprey, Teresa Sayward, and DeDe Scozzafava &#8211; have already weighed in supporting gay marriage rights.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just as the new Bruno movie (think Borat in tighter pants) pushes homosexuality back into [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[4861],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/824"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=824"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/824\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}