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New Jersey Senate Defeats Gay Marriage Bill
FoxNews ^
| January 07, 2010
Posted on 01/07/2010 1:57:41 PM PST by Steelfish
New Jersey Senate Defeats Gay Marriage Bill
AP
New Jersey's state Senate has defeated a bill to legalize gay marriage, the latest in a string of setbacks for advocates. TRENTON, N.J. -- New Jersey's state Senate has defeated a bill to legalize gay marriage, the latest in a string of setbacks for advocates.
The defeat, by a vote of 20-14, likely ends any chance that the state Legislature approves gay marriage soon. Five senators did not vote; there is one Senate vacancy.
Gay rights advocates had been pushing hard for the bill because on Jan. 19, new Republican Gov. Chris Christie takes office and he has vowed to veto a gay marriage bill. Outgoing Democratic Gov. Jon Corzine had promised to sign it into law.
It was a major effort to get the bill to a full Senate. A vote was canceled last month when it appeared the measure would be defeated there. It wasn't until Tuesday that Senate leaders decided to allow the vote.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; US: New Jersey
KEYWORDS: fabulousfail; gaymarriage; homosexualagenda; newjersey; nj2010; polyamory4romney; romney; romneymarriage; samesexmarriage
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posted on
01/07/2010 1:57:43 PM PST
by
Steelfish
To: Steelfish
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posted on
01/07/2010 1:59:12 PM PST
by
jersey117
To: jersey117
CRAP!
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posted on
01/07/2010 2:00:21 PM PST
by
icwhatudo
("laws requiring compulsory abortion could be sustained under the existing Constitution"Obama Adviser)
To: Steelfish
Just go away Corslime......
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posted on
01/07/2010 2:00:33 PM PST
by
GOPsterinMA
(Never bring a snowball to a gun fight.)
To: Steelfish
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posted on
01/07/2010 2:00:49 PM PST
by
rbosque
(11 year Freeper! The real reason the left wants to disarm us is becoming clearer.)
To: Steelfish
Great news!The last thing the country needs is another Massachusetts!
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posted on
01/07/2010 2:00:55 PM PST
by
massmike
(...So this is what happens when OJ's jury elects the president....)
To: massmike
... or even the Massachusetts we have now!
(just kidding! I know we have a great number of patriots in Mass. who are fighting to take back their state)
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posted on
01/07/2010 2:04:01 PM PST
by
NewJerseyJoe
(Rat mantra: "Facts are meaningless! You can use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true!")
To: Steelfish
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posted on
01/07/2010 2:04:19 PM PST
by
a fool in paradise
(Al Gore was more concerned with the evil influence of heavy metal than that of radical Imam.)
To: Steelfish
It would appear that America has reached a consensus.
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posted on
01/07/2010 2:04:48 PM PST
by
a fool in paradise
(Al Gore was more concerned with the evil influence of heavy metal than that of radical Imam.)
To: Alberta's Child; algernonpj; alice_in_bubbaland; Ballygrl; Calpernia; certrtwngnut; Clemenza; ...
Red-state sanity in a blue state, for a change! New Jersey Brain Trust ping
(I maintain an unofficial ping list for New Jersey-related news. If you want on or off the list, send me FReepmail.)
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posted on
01/07/2010 2:05:06 PM PST
by
NewJerseyJoe
(Rat mantra: "Facts are meaningless! You can use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true!")
To: Steelfish
many a slip twixt cup and the lip. Is the worm beginning to turn?
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posted on
01/07/2010 2:06:37 PM PST
by
j.argese
To: All; DungeonMaster
See, this is the right way to do it. This is what, the second or third of these we’ve seen lately? Introduce a bill to legalize it. Then, defeat the bill. This way, there’s nothing for the state supreme court to strike down.
Iowa screwed up when it outlawed homo “marriage,” giving the court an opening to legalize it.
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posted on
01/07/2010 2:09:05 PM PST
by
newgeezer
(It is [the people's] right and duty to be at all times armed. --Thomas Jefferson)
To: Steelfish
To: icwhatudo
I agree, Crap!
To: a fool in paradise
I think gay marriage is now 0-32 or is it 0-33 when put to a state wide vote?
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posted on
01/07/2010 2:09:44 PM PST
by
Huck
(The Constitution is an outrageous insult to the men who fought the Revolution." -Patrick Henry)
To: Steelfish
Victim of the health care bill.
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posted on
01/07/2010 2:11:24 PM PST
by
Raycpa
To: Bobkk47
I see your "crap" and raise you a CRAP!
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posted on
01/07/2010 2:13:35 PM PST
by
icwhatudo
("laws requiring compulsory abortion could be sustained under the existing Constitution"Obama Adviser)
To: Steelfish
Thank God this didn’t get through the lame duck session.
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posted on
01/07/2010 2:16:24 PM PST
by
kevinm13
(Tim Geithner is a tax cheat. Manmade "Global Warming" is a HOAX!)
To: Steelfish
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posted on
01/07/2010 2:16:51 PM PST
by
dead
(I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
To: Steelfish
I’m glad they voted on it. How else could the insanity of marriage desecration be be knocked in the dirt (where it belongs) once again?
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posted on
01/07/2010 2:16:58 PM PST
by
fwdude
(It is not the liberals who will destroy this country, but the "moderates.")
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