NJ Gov. vetoes gay marriage bill

Christie 2012!!!

It'll take him a lifetime to finish cleaning up New Jersey.

Great!!!!!

He just wanted to be in the Guinness Book as the World's Largest Homophobe

"For all those who oppose marriage equality, their lives would have been completely unchanged by this bill, but for same-sex couples, their lives would have been radically transformed. Unfortunately, the governor couldn't see past his own personal ambitions to honor this truth."

"He had a chance to do the right thing, and failed miserably,"

If the Legislature cannot find the courage to override the veto, the lawsuit filed challenging the civil union scheme ought to do the trick. Marriage in New Jersey is an inevitability and Christie is on the wrong side of history.

Another Posturing Politician. I don't care what your feelings toward Homosexuality are, the fact that you would promote any agenda or legislation that denies someone a basic right immediately proves you're unfit to serve in Public Office. If you use your "power" to serve your own agenda, particularly one that flies in the face of everything this nation was founded upon, then you're the lowest form of human being, one who cares not for the rights or welfare of the constituents, or for defending the Constitution, but one who only cares about getting your own way.
Our Government was created to protect our Rights, not arbitrarily decide who gets to enjoy them.

Rick in Kansas wrote:

"For all those who oppose marriage equality, their lives would have been completely unchanged by this bill, but for same-sex couples, their lives would have been radically transformed. Unfortunately, the governor couldn't see past his own personal ambitions to honor this truth."
"He had a chance to do the right thing, and failed miserably,"
If the Legislature cannot find the courage to override the veto, the lawsuit filed challenging the civil union scheme ought to do the trick. Marriage in New Jersey is an inevitability and Christie is on the wrong side of history.

That's always the answer with you gays...go whining to the courts, wasting taxpayer dollars, clogging the judicial system.

Christie DID do the right thing. Hes upholding the will of the people which is part of his job.

Deal with it.

Hold please wrote:

Another Posturing Politician. I don't care what your feelings toward Homosexuality are, the fact that you would promote any agenda or legislation that denies someone a basic right immediately proves you're unfit to serve in Public Office. If you use your "power" to serve your own agenda, particularly one that flies in the face of everything this nation was founded upon, then you're the lowest form of human being, one who cares not for the rights or welfare of the constituents, or for defending the Constitution, but one who only cares about getting your own way.
Our Government was created to protect our Rights, not arbitrarily decide who gets to enjoy them.

This isnt a rights issue, they already have rights. They can marry anyone they want according to the laws as it is written.

American_Infidel wrote:

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That's always the answer with you gays...go whining to the courts, wasting taxpayer dollars, clogging the judicial system.
Christie DID do the right thing. Hes upholding the will of the people which is part of his job.
Deal with it.

We get good results with the courts

Rick in Kansas wrote:

"For all those who oppose marriage equality, their lives would have been completely unchanged by this bill, but for same-sex couples, their lives would have been radically transformed. Unfortunately, the governor couldn't see past his own personal ambitions to honor this truth."
"He had a chance to do the right thing, and failed miserably,"
If the Legislature cannot find the courage to override the veto, the lawsuit filed challenging the civil union scheme ought to do the trick. Marriage in New Jersey is an inevitability and Christie is on the wrong side of history.

And you are on the wrong side of the toilet paper.

American_Infidel wrote:

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This isnt a rights issue, they already have rights. They can marry anyone they want according to the laws as it is written.

Clearly they cannot. They can only marry those who people like you deem acceptable to marry. That's a far cry from being able to marry anyone they want.

American_Infidel wrote:

That's always the answer with you gays...go whining to the courts, wasting taxpayer dollars, clogging the judicial system.
Christie DID do the right thing. Hes upholding the will of the people which is part of his job.
Deal with it.

If the "will of the people" is to violate the guarantee of equal protection under the law as found in both the New Jersey and US Constitutions, a right same sex couples in the state have already been extended by the way, then the "will of the people" and their Governor are sadly mistaken. This is one of the reasons why the courts exist in our system of governance, to ensure that the rights of the people are respected by the other branches of the government. Don't like it, too bad, learn to deal with it.

American_Infidel wrote:

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This isnt a rights issue, they already have rights. They can marry anyone they want according to the laws as it is written.

We have to travel too far
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We need goverment services close to home to save gas
http://makeitequal.org/

American_Infidel wrote:

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That's always the answer with you gays...go whining to the courts, wasting taxpayer dollars, clogging the judicial system.
Christie DID do the right thing. Hes upholding the will of the people which is part of his job.
Deal with it.

"The People" as a whole are ignorant.
"The People" as a whole didn't want an end to Slavery or equal rights for Women or Minorities.
"The People" as a whole care little for what is correct, and need to be told as such. Christie's job is to uphold the Constitution, and remind his constituents that their "will" is in direct opposition to said Constitution.

Rainbow Kid wrote:

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We get good results with the courts

That's because you people manage to cherry pick liberal activists fake judges sympathetic to your cause. You better hope Santorum doesnt win.. he vows to push for a Congressional ammendment to ban gay marriages altogether.

Rick in Kansas wrote:

<quoted text>If the "will of the people" is to violate the guarantee of equal protection under the law as found in both the New Jersey and US Constitutions, a right same sex couples in the state have already been extended by the way, then the "will of the people" and their Governor are sadly mistaken. This is one of the reasons why the courts exist in our system of governance, to ensure that the rights of the people are respected by the other branches of the government. Don't like it, too bad, learn to deal with it.

This isnt a right issue, this isnt an equal protection issue.

Gays have the same rights and equal protection as everyone else according to the laws as it is written.

Next!

American_Infidel wrote:

This isnt a rights issue, they already have rights. They can marry anyone they want according to the laws as it is written.

Gee, the exact same argument that was made in defense of Virginia's "Racial Purity Law" in the case of Loving v Virginia. I wonder how that worked out for them?

American_Infidel wrote:

This isnt a right issue, this isnt an equal protection issue.

And on this score you would be very sadly mistaken. See: Lewis v. Harris, 188 N.J. 415; 908 A.2d 196 (N.J. 2006)

American Infidel wrote:

Gays have the same rights and equal protection as everyone else according to the laws as it is written.

Retreading the argument used in defense of Virginia's "Racial Purity Law", see previous above.

American_Infidel wrote:

Next!

My sentiments exactly, you were done even before you started.

This is unfortunate. I wish he had signed the bill.

But we're not going to win every battle.

Instead of putting so many resources into winnig the battle in every one of the 50 states (or "57 states" as The Obamaniac would say), we would be better off fighting in the federal courts to rule that FFC DOES apply to gay marriages, and\or gay marriage IS protected by the U.S. Constitution.

I don't think the day is tat far off when we will get those rulings, but we'll get them faster I tink if we put our efforts in securing federal recognition instead.

Gov Christie Rocks, thank goodness he helped preserve the sanctity of marriage!!!