Elliott Spitzer was one for the nation. People will excoriate me for suggesting maybe he still is. We don’t know *what* his involvement with the prostitution ring was. (I bet you if he’d been more than one of the wealthy customers, that’d be all over the NYT front page already.) Next question: what kind of BS are they gonna fake up on Patrick Fitzgerald?

And fuck you four judges too afraid to admit that the Constitution guarantees equal protections for everyone, no matter how much the idea of me and my girlfriend being happy together shrivels your pathetic manhood.You won’t see me advocating for Spitzer any time soon:

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York’s highest court ruled Thursday that gay marriage is not allowed under state law.

The Court of Appeals in a 4-2 decision rejected arguments from gay and lesbian plaintiffs throughout the state that their inability to get marriage licenses in New York violated their constitutional rights.

Judge Robert Smith said New York’s marriage law is constitutional and clearly limits marriage to between a man and a woman. Any change in the law should come from the state Legislature, he said.

“We do not predict what people will think generations from now, but we believe the present generation should have a chance to decide the issue through its elected representatives,” Smith wrote.

Gov. George Pataki’s health department and state Attorney General Eliot Spitzer’s office have argued New York law prohibits issuing licenses to same-sex couples. The state had prevailed in lower appeals courts.  Read more