Gay-Marriage Fight Heads to New Jersey
November 7, 2009 by Gay Agenda News Team
The battle over gay rights will move to New Jersey and the federal government, advocates said, after Tuesday’s narrow rejection of same-sex marriage by Maine voters in a hard-fought contest.
The Democrat-controlled legislature in New Jersey, which currently recognizes same-sex couples in civil unions, is under pressure to pass a bill authorizing gay marriage before Gov. Jon Corzine ends his term in mid-January.
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Mr. Corzine, a Democrat unseated in Tuesday’s election, said he would sign such a bill. His successor, Republican Chris Christie, opposes same-sex marriages.
“New Jersey is at the very top of our list, and it’s going to happen in the next few weeks if it happens at all,” said Maggie Gallagher, the president of the National Organization for Marriage, which opposes same-sex marriages. “They’re doing it in a lame duck, because it’s as far away from an election as possible.”
Gay-marriage advocates have resisted “civil union” licenses, saying the separate term is demeaning and the status isn’t honored by many employers.
Dammit I am getting so SICK and TIRED of this!!
What does it take to get Maggie Gallagher to shut her stupid mouth! Doesn’t the tree stump have something USEFUL she could be doing?
“Mr. Corzine, a Democrat unseated in Tuesday’s election, said he would sign such a bill. His successor, Republican Chris Christie, opposes same-sex marriages.”
I can only hope Corzine signs that bill, but I don’t trust republicans and wouldn’t put it past Christie to undo it even if the bill does get signed.
I really feel like putting my fist through the wall right now!
We need to wait and see the outcome of the Boies/Olson case against the State of California and constitutionally protected rights (see http://graphics8.nytimes.com/packages/pdf/national/perry-v-schwarzenegger.pdf). Hopefully, we will win when it goes to the Supreme Court. This case will be heard in the California courts this January.