Honestly, this site has somehow incredibly become against gay rights

I am glad to learn that I am not the only one who has taken notice of that fact.

Sometimes, it feels like I am sitting in a Church pew and being admonished by the preacher/priest.

Oh wait…

Honestly, this site has somehow incredibly become against gay rights.

But about Corzine, yeah, conventional wisdom is that this will happen after the election, but he’s certainly talking about it now. He’s not shying away from it going into the election. Now, we can argue about whether he’s only doing that because he thinks it will be a political plus or not, but what he said during the presidential election was that he didn’t want gay marriage to be an issue in NJ during the presidential election, and that the appropriate time to be talking about it was during his re-election campaign (many of us said bullshit at the time, do it now, but that’s water under the bridge at this point). But, Corzine did not say we would have it done before Election Day 2009; he said he would bring the issue front and center during his re-election bid, which he has now done.

As an ex-Jersyite, I would have to admit that if a smart guy finds himself in Bayonne, NJ…he is DEFINITELY lost. Lol

Fred Allen, of Allen’s Ally on the Golden days of radio used to say “if you are not in New York, you are definitely out of town.”
;P

This is so typical of the new Queerty. It’s sad what’s happened to this site recently.

a: lost

q: what’s the difference between a
porcupine and a bar on long beach
island?

a: the porcupine has the pricks on the
outside

The point is, he made it and that’s a plus for us. Why the need to bitch slap a person who has become an ally?

Oh, that right. I forgot about page hits.

That gets the advertisers attention, doesn’t it?

And as for NJ. Watch it. It is the home of Tony Soprano, you know? LOL

given my username, let me bitch slap and school our editrix:

Bigot filled NJ: Hmmm, have our editors ever left the hrrmph, “safety” of NYC to visit the rest of NY state?

Before you shoot your mouths off about Jersey here are some facts:

The NJ Supreme court ruled in 1968, a year before Stonewall, that laws banning “homosexual congregation” in establishments that serve alcohol, were unconstitutional.

NJ passed passed statewide protections for LGBs in the EARLY 90′s and in the last few years added transgender and gender expression.

NJ had statewide domestic partnerships, then civil unions.

SCORE: NJ=4, NY=0

Now tell me where the bigots live.

Corzine changed his tune about marriage in 2007, and has said he would sing the bill if our state congress would pass it. However, and this is where he needs to be called out…and often suggested it wait until after the fall elections…in 2008 and now he is saying wait until after the elections in 2009.

Second, Corzine has been pretty consistent on this over the past few years. I wasn’t following these things back in 2005, but I know he’s at least indicated he would sign the bill since two or three years ago. He also said during the presidential primaries and general election cycle that he wanted to wait until his own re-election campaign to move the issue front and center, which he has now done, exactly how he said he would.

I’m definitely tired of politicians supporting us only when it’s convenient for them (most recently, Senator Chris Dodd), but I think Corzine may genuinely have evolved over time, and I can’t fault him for that.

That’s correct, he did say that and that he would sign such a bill should it come to his desk for signature. He’s evolving like a lot of others. I don’t care what his past views were even if it means getting re-elected, I’ll gladly let him use my vote to get my full equality. I’d have more respect for any politician who may not agree with it but who would vote for it because its about full rights and equal protection. Personal and religious beliefs have NO place in political decisions nor should they be allowed to interfere in the process. If they do, then that person shouldn’t be in politics.

Calling New Jersey bigot filled, based on offensive comments made on a tv show, in the same article where the author also claims that “support for marriage rights spreads like a virus throughout New England (with just one immune candidate left), it’s shifting westward, like some sick real-life civil rights version of 28 Days Laters” is just idiotic.

Plus, kudos to my home state of Iowa for being the only one in the midwest to do this.

Mike
Sarge Logan
http://jjadams928.blogspot.com/