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NJ Judiciary committee is debating gay marriage bill

by Susan Marie Kovalinsky | December 7, 2009 at 04:40 pm

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Though similar legislation in New York state was not passed last week, New Jersey gay marriage advocates are hoping for a positive outcome in today’s head-to-head battle for gay marriage legislation in New Jersey. JustOut.com

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Today’s judiciary committee hearing could run well into the evening with advocates on both sides offering passionate testimony. Lawmakers will hear stories of discrimination against gay couples and — from the other side — pleas not to change the traditional definition of marriage.“It will not be unruly, but there’s just going to be a large mass of people,” said gay marriage opponent John Tomicki of the Coalition to Preserve and Protect Marriage.“How many issues will come along where you get this much passion and intensity?” he asked.

At the Statehouse in Trenton, New Jersey, a gay marriage bill is being furiously debated before the Judiciary Committee, with the vote due this Thursday, December 10, before a full Senate.

After a referendum overturned gay marriage in the liberal state of Maine, and the relatively liberal New York Senate voted down its own gay marriage bill, the stakes have never seemed higher for both sides: gay advocates, and those who seek to protect traditional marriage. For some live -streaming from Trenton by gay advocates - often with great humor - link here. * ( I just could not resist posting one of their funny pictures of the intermission, with the quote---it just struck me as funny, I hope it does others as well - up in the picture widget) ~~~Also for great coverage and superb slideshow, see NJ.com, New Jersey Real-Time News

The race against time is triggering a ferocious lobbying campaign on the part of gay rights activists. Senate members who appear to be undecided on the issue have been contacted consistently by lobbyists prior to today’s Judiciary Committee hearing.
Incoming Governor-elect Chris Christie has made it clear he will veto any such legislation, while outgoing Gov. Jon Corzine has said he will sign a law should it pass the Senate and reach his desk.

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Hugh Askew

at 17:22 on December 7th, 2009

"The race against time...."

So, essentially, if the moon aligns with Neptune, the woolly-bear caterpillar has an unusually full coat, and the Yankees win the Series, then the expressed will of the people will be enacted, and homosexuals will re-write the definition of marriage.

Is that correct?

Of course, once certain conditions no longer exist, the issue will go to the ballot, and the people, in their collective wisdom, will restore order.