New Jersey lawmakers of until Jan. 19, twenty-one days from now and the last day of office for Gov. Jon Corzine, to get a marriage equality bill to pass both the Senate and Assembly. Miss it, and the weeds really start growing in the Garden State.
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Hey New Joysie, Tick Tock on Marriage, Ya Heard
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terrwill
C’mon Queerty people: You know this freakin’ ain’t gonna happen. The legislators in NJ have way more important things to busy themselves with now. Like devoting time to contacting and meeting with the sponsors of Jersey Shore to demand they discontinue advertising on the show and demanding everyone else boycott MTV ’til they cancel the show.
Sadly, this is 100% true……………….
villager
also true: no one living in jersey calls it joysie.
Brian NJ
New Jersey could have had a moment of pride, but they blew it.
There were so many benefits to enacting gay marriage. It would have shown that the New Jersey political system is more stable and reliable than New York, attracting people here.
It would have put New Jersey on the map. The liberal-minded people of industry may have set up shop here, securing the Democratic Party political fortunes would continue in the future, especailly in places like Newark and Jersey City.
But sadly, an opportunity missed, and once again we are behind the big dog next door. Conservatives get their win, increasing their boldness and muscle mass. The Democratic Party base will be conversely damaged, and less enthusiastic at the polls. Gay marriage foes never vote democratic anyway here, so there is no political risk in voting for gay marriage. So not voting for it just saps numbers and energy from the base. Very, very foolish long-term political move indeed.
Brian Miller
Hopefully, the LGBT people of New Jersey and their friends/family will keep their promise to legislators.
If they couldn’t find the time to vote for and support marriage equality in December, we won’t have the time to vote for and support them in November.
Michael Letterman
Like NY, NJ next and then the other 48, one at a time until the entire country has been saved from this curse.
Brian NJ
@Michael Letterman:
Actually, in New Jersey, the legislatures and the courts have held that discrimination in a curse, or “cancer” as it has been officially described, and have had a public policy that the cancer of discrimination be eradicated here. The people of New Jersey have been generally very good to its gay citizens.
naghanenu
I dont believe in giving up till the very end. Anything can still happen.
Michael Letterman
Brian: There is nothing discriminatory about not allowing a specific rule for someone based on their sexual preference. Just like there should be no special rules for pedophiles or bestiality lovers.