Congratulations, New York!

As an agency headquartered in the state of New York, we have clients, colleagues and friends within our blossoming Liqui-Site family who may now legally marry their significant other. We, at Liqui-Site Designs, Inc., congratulate the people of New York and share in this victory for equality!

Now, I know that businesses need not take a political stance on civil issues, but the core of our business is cultivating real relationships with the clients we serve. That means being human, being transparent, supporting what we believe to be fair and better for this world.

We officially support the It Gets Better Project. We officially support this new legislation in the state in which our business is located. This issue is personal to me, as the president of Liqui-Site.

As I was walking out of my house this morning, I noticed that I felt differently after last night’s vote. Today, I walk a little taller, smile a little bigger. No longer do my partner and I feel like second class citizens.

I opened the New York Times that lay on my driveway, pulled the translucent blue bag off, and was moved by the capitalized front-page headline: New York Allows Same-Sex Marriage, Becoming Largest State to Pass Law.

It’s a great day to be a New Yorker and to be a business owner in this great state. Congratulations, New York!