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Things continue to look bad in the post-Maine climate. New Jersey voters are split on whether to legalize gay marriage, but more people now oppose it than support it, a poll found on Wednesday. The Quinnipiac University survey found 49 percent of voters oppose a law allowing same-sex couples to marry, while 46 percent support such legislation, reversing an April …

With the election of the anti-gay Chris Christie, activists are stepping up the pressure on New Jersey’s legislature to approve marriage equality before Gov. Jon Corzine leaves office. 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, …

Garden State Equality is pushing forward with their marriage equality plan despite yesterday’s loss by their champion, Gov. Jon Corzine. Should the NJ legislature pass same-sex marriage during the remainder of Corzine’s lame duck term, he has said he will sign it. Incoming anti-gay governor Chris Christie has said that if that happens, one of his first acts will be …

Today the New York Times published an editorial calling on the NY state Senate to approve marriage equality and ticking off five other marriage battlegrounds, all of which should be familiar to you. Political battles this fall in six different parts of the country could have a profound impact on whether the United States will extend the promise of equal …

The Bilerico Project reports that GOP New Jersey gubernatorial candidate Chris Christie, who is in a tight race with incumbent Jon Corzine, has sent voters a last-minute anti-gay mailer in order to push him over the top with the state’s bigots. Adam Bink: Not only does stuff like this make me furious, but there’s another wrinkle to this race. We …

NJ Gov. Jon Corzine spoke at a gay pride in Asbury Park this weekend. Corzine faces stiff reelection opposition in Chris Christie, who opposes same-sex marriage. If NJ doesn’t get to marriage equality before the November election, it may be a long haul before it does. (Via – Good As You)