Tag Archives: New Jersey

From an editorial in the New York Times: The advances for the freedom to marry in both Washington and California provide supporters of marriage equality critical momentum to build upon as the New Jersey State Legislature prepares to vote on the issue next week. A strong vote in favor of same-sex marriage in the state’s House and Senate would be …

I referenced this quote yesterday, but today Think Progress has the video and the transcript.

“I want to talk first of all about something I heard from the very beginning by people of this Legislature that we are bigots as people of faith, because we do not hold that homosexual marriage should be codified. That somehow we are bigots and we are ideologues because we are people of faith. I want to address that hate. …

After hours and hours of some of the most repulsively anti-gay testimony ever to spew from my speakers, New Jersey’s marriage equality bill advanced out of committee by a vote of 5-2. The legislation still faces votes in both houses of the Legislature, with the Senate vote set for Feb. 13. Republican Gov. Chris Christie has promised to veto the …

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Last week civil rights activists went ballistic when Gov. Chris Christie said that blacks “would have been happy” to have their rights voted on and therefore so should gay people. Yesterday, he (sort of) apologized. “I also recognize that my job, one of my jobs as Governor, is to clearly communicate to people what I’m thinking, every time I open …

In perhaps their most dishonest twisting of somebody’s words yet, NOM is demanding that NJ Gov. Chris Christie withdraw the state Supreme Court nomination of Bruce Harris because he supposedly compared Christianity to slavery. Chris Christie has been the hope of millions of Americans across the country looking for honest conservative leadership. Last week we asked you to thank Gov. …

All six of the living former governors of New Jersey support marriage equality. Democrats Brendan Byrne and James Florio told NBC New York Monday they endorsed efforts in the Legislature to pass it. “I think the climate is right on a basis of civil rights,” said Byrne, the oldest of the former Garden State governors. “I would ask that the …

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie says that openly gay state Supreme Court nominee Bruce Harris has promised to recuse himself from any cases regarding same-sex marriage. Bruce Harris wrote to state several state senators asking for their support of a same-sex marriage bill being heard by the Senate in late 2009. Christie, a Republican who supports civil unions but opposes …

(Via – Igor Volsky)

“The fact of the matter is, I think people would have been happy to have a referendum on civil rights rather than fighting and dying in the streets in the South. It was our political institutions that were holding things back. I don’t think there’s anything necessarily so special about this particular issue that it must be handled by a …

“I shudder to think what would have happened if the civil rights gains, heroically established by courageous lawmakers in the 1960s, were instead conveniently left up to popular votes in our fifty states. Equal protection under the law – for race, religion, gender or sexual orientation – should not be subject to the most popular sentiments of the day. Marriage …

The Archdiocese of Newark has issued a letter denouncing New Jersey’s pending marriage equality bill. It begins: Marriage as a union of a man and a woman has its roots in natural law. Throughout all of human history marriage has been held to be a union of man and woman. Marriage as a union of man and woman existed long …

NOM’s Brian Brownshirt is interrupting dinner time in the Garden State with demands to call legislators and denounce the pending same-sex marriage bill. “There’s an attempt by wealthy activists to force same sex marriage on New Jersey without a public vote. It’s urgent that you call your state senator and urge him to vote no on same sex legislation,” the …

Enjoy the hand-wringing. Unless God intervenes, Governor Chris Gregoire will succeed in her effort to legalize same-sex “marriage” in Washington State. Sen. Mary Margaret Haugen (D) announced Monday that she will support the bill, making her’s the 25th vote necessary for passage. “You are saying…you know better than God,” said Pastor Ken Hutcherson of the Antioch Bible Church. The House …

Today New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie called for a ballot measure to decide on same-sex marriage. Christie’s statement came during legislative hearings on the issue. He added that if any bill reaches his desk, he will veto it. Speaking in Bridgewater, NJ, Christie said that while he personally opposes gay marriage, he thought the correct course of action was for …

As expected, the New Jersey Senate Judiciary Committee today advanced its marriage equality bill to a vote before the full chamber. The vote was 8-4 along party lines. Igor Volsky reports at Think Progress: To become law, “the measure must also pass the Assembly and get by the governor,” who earlier today pledged to veto the bill and called on …