Why New Jersey’s Senate Will Not Be Voting on Gay Marriage This Week
If you’re interested in the micropolitics of New Jersey’s marriage debate, you’ll care that the Senate’s bill supporters are now holding off on a full Senate vote — and will wait for the State Assembly to pass the bill. Senate President Richard Codey opted to delay a full vote at the request of the bill’s sponsor Sen. Loretta Weinberg, who is looking for momentum among her Assembly peers. Of course, while the Senate’s Judiciary Committee OK’d S1967 on Monday, the Assembly’s Judiciary Committee has yet to pass its version of the bill, which is necessary before a full Assembly vote. According to NJN News’s Zachary Fink, there is stalling because … “the votes are not there in the Senate.” Shocker. Tick tock.
As of today they only had 15 YES Votes in the NJ Senate.
Why are they even wasting people’s time with this. They can delay all they want… this is not going to pass. The clock is ticking and that Republican bigot is coming in on January 19th. If this bill reaches the senate floor… the defeat will be more embarrassing than NY.
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Man the barricades. We cannot begin to destroy our enemies if we do not know who they are. NY was a victory. We know who to target. Same story in NJ. Bring the vote on. Those who vote to oppress will pay dearly, in due time. Marriage equality is not something that will be settled in 1, 2, or 10 years. It will take 50 to 100 years to secure full equality under the law. We cannot begin the process of destroying our enemies and replacing them with pro-equality representatives without a vote.
And who the fuck knows anywhere that there are only 15 yes votes? Are you a member of the NJ Senate? Who gives a shit. Vote, and get it over with.
@ HellIsWaiting:
“It will take 50 to 100 years to secure full equality under the law.”
Our equality is available now – if we learn how to ask for it. The majority of Americans believe in equality.
#4: I don’t know what species you are, but the rest of us don’t have 100 years to wait. Many of us don’t even have 50.