Finally, let’s just do it! No more talk!

Time for Niagara Frontier to divorce from New York

Since the New York state Legislature has decided to go for this “same-sex marriage” bill, even though the vast majority of us here in the Niagara Frontier oppose it, it is now time for us to seek a divorce.
Given that the Legislature approved “irreconcilable differences” as reason to seek divorce, it is time that we in the nine counties that heavily supported Carl Paladino in the 2010 gubernatorial race petition for divorce from New York state.
Instead of merely being called the Niagara Frontier or western New York, let us now divorce from New York and become the Commonwealth of Niagara — the 51st state. Western New York can now refer to Rochester, Elmira, Mount Morris, Geneseo and everywhere else westward.
With such a divorce, we can take care of our own matters such as energy, cutting taxes, business, taking a stand for the values that make the family (and society) stronger, and so on.
The time has come for the Commonwealth of Niagara to come into being, and to swear in Gov. Paladino and Lt. Gov. Gregory Edwards.

—LLOYD MARSHALL JR.
LOCKPORT, NIAGARA COUNTY