Just look at that crowd. And, oh, how effective they were.
Not.
Posted on 12/08/2009 10:19:01 PM PST by Steelfish
NJ Vote on Gay Marriage Could Shape Battles Ahead
REUTERS December 9, 2009
TRENTON (Reuters) - The legalization of same-sex marriage faces a critical test in New Jersey this week that advocates on each side of the controversial issue argue will shape the fate of gay-marriage battles across the nation.
If the proposal to legalize gay marriage passes the state Senate vote on Thursday, New Jersey could be on its way to joining five other U.S. states that allow gay couples to wed.
Advocates hope to pass the bill in the legislature so Governor Jon Corzine, a supporter, can sign it into law before leaving office next month. Incoming Republican Chris Christie, who defeated Corzine in November, has said he would veto it.
Opponents say they are "nervously optimistic" that lawmakers will not vote for the bill, as happened in neighboring New York last week. And they hope its defeat in the Garden State will end efforts to promote gay marriage nationally for some time.
"If New Jersey rejects gay marriage, this is the last hope the gay marriage movement has of legislatively approving gay marriage any time in the foreseeable future," said Maggie Gallagher, head of the National Organization for Marriage. "It's an important vote."
Five U.S. states have legalized gay marriage -- Iowa, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Vermont. Another 40 states have specific laws banning it. Last month voters in Maine repealed a gay marriage law.
"THAT'S A WINNING YEAR"
Advocates say the New Jersey battle caps a year of victories. Gay marriage became legal in Vermont and Iowa in 2009 and takes effect January 1, 2010 in New Hampshire.
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Yeah, but probably not in the way you want to make us think, Slimes.
Just look at that crowd. And, oh, how effective they were.
Not.
How many states allow homosexual marriage based on a referendum?
Every vote is supposed to be the bellwether. Then it doesn’t go their way. Then it’s on to the next bellwether.
I sort of lean towrads the way Uganda is heading.
Same here, only not with the extreme penalties. I think it would do this country untold moral good to re-criminalize sodomy as a crime of moral turpitude.
We should reserve harsher penalties for homosexual activists, though (IMO).
Anyone know how the Senate is leaning on this vote?
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