Christie Vetoes New Jersey’s Gay Marriage Law As promised, Chris Christie has shot down NJ’s recent law allowing gay marriage. He vetoed the bill, which the state senate passed on Monday, as soon as it hit his desk this morning. Instead, Christie says, he’ll throw the issue open to a referendum, and Jerseyites can vote on the issue. There’s actually a chance that New Jerseyans will vote to legalize gay marriage. As Christie no doubt knows, a new poll shows that 54% of Jerseyites now support gay marriage, while only 40% oppose it. In fact, Christie’s “popular vote” strategy may be a cunning plan to keep liberal New Jerseyans happy by allowing gay marriage to be legalized, while appearing to oppose it himself. But putting gay rights up for popular vote doesn’t always work out the way you might expect. When Californians voted on proposition 8, the result was that a very blue state de-legalized gay marriage. Meanwhile, Maryland just took a big step towards legalizing gay marriage: the state’s House of Delegates passed a gay marriage bill this morning, and its Senate is expected to pass the bill next week.
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Christie Vetoes New Jersey’s Gay Marriage Law

As promised, Chris Christie has shot down NJ’s recent law allowing gay marriage. He vetoed the bill, which the state senate passed on Monday, as soon as it hit his desk this morning.

Instead, Christie says, he’ll throw the issue open to a referendum, and Jerseyites can vote on the issue.

There’s actually a chance that New Jerseyans will vote to legalize gay marriage. As Christie no doubt knows, a new poll shows that 54% of Jerseyites now support gay marriage, while only 40% oppose it. In fact, Christie’s “popular vote” strategy may be a cunning plan to keep liberal New Jerseyans happy by allowing gay marriage to be legalized, while appearing to oppose it himself.

But putting gay rights up for popular vote doesn’t always work out the way you might expect. When Californians voted on proposition 8, the result was that a very blue state de-legalized gay marriage.

Meanwhile, Maryland just took a big step towards legalizing gay marriage: the state’s House of Delegates passed a gay marriage bill this morning, and its Senate is expected to pass the bill next week.

Source: topix.com

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