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发帖数: 19713 | 1 By Michelle Garcia
MARK GRISANTI SPEAKING X390 (nysenate.gov) | ADVOCATE.COM
A New York Republican senator is losing the backing of his local
Conservative Party because he voted in favor of marriage equality last year.
In New York, a state that allows candidates to run on tickets for more than
one political party, the Conservative Party largely backs Republican
candidates. Instead of endorsing incumbent state senator Mark Grisanti,
party chairman Ralph C. Lorigo said Grisanti no longer had the trust of the
party after initially saying he was against marriage equality before voting
for the bill in 2011.
Lorigo told The New York Times that he and his party affiliates felt
betrayed by Grisanti's change of heart. He voted with fellow Republicans
James Alesi, Roy McDonald, and Stephen Saland to approve the marriage
equality bill in the GOP-controlled state Senate.
The party has instead endorsed Charles Swanick, a conservative Democrat who
opposes marriage equality and pro-choice laws, while favoring fiscally
conservative policies, according to the report.
The freshman senator won his seat after a close race; his district, in the
western section of upstate New York, includes parts of Buffalo and Niagara
Falls. Senate majority leader Dean Skelos told the Times he was not worried
about Grisanti's seat. |
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