By Jamie Baer Homestead Highschool Fort Wayne, Indiana
Underneath the bright lights of Russell Sage university in Troy, nyc, merely a days that are few the September 2012 Republican primary, State Senator Roy McDonald ended up being demonstrably exasperated. Despite their tries to concentrate the debate on chronic jobless, their opponent Kathleen A. Marchione had another agenda. On the roar for the restless audience, Marchione persistently questioned McDonald about their controversial vote in support of the Marriage Equality Act in June 2011. In rebuttal to Marchione’s accusations that their vote to legalize same-sex wedding ended up being inspired because of the vow of campaign contributions, McDonald explained because he was a “human being that cared” and “could have found an easier way to get re-elected” (Kaplan, “Gay Marriage Vote”) that he broke from traditional Republican values. With what ny Governor Andrew M. Cuomo referred to as “an work of governmental courage, ” McDonald crossed celebration lines in June 2011 to create the precedent of wedding equality in New York State (Kaplan and Grynbaum).
McDonald’s vote in support of same-sex wedding surprised their constituents. Recognized for their conservative values, McDonald had been A republican that is well-respected from County. During their 23-year run due to the fact Town and County Supervisor together with president of this Saratoga County Board of Supervisors, McDonald’s proudest success was eliminating neighborhood home fees for 20 consecutive years. The lowest taxed county in New York State in fact, the county budget he proposed made Saratoga. After creating a reputation of dependability and traditionalism in Saratoga, McDonald managed to move on to convey politics together with election to your state senate in 2008 (“Roy”). As John F. Kennedy asserts in Profiles in Courage, one’s courageous potential is “an possibility that in the course of time is presented to us all” (Kennedy 225). [Read more...]