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发帖数: 4174 | 1 Posted on Advocate.com February 17, 2012 05:20:00 PM ET
Christie Vetoes N.J. Marriage Equality Bill
By Neal Broverman
CHRIS CHRISTIE 20120216 X390 (GETTY) | ADVOCATE.COM
New Jersey's Republican governor Chris Christie made good on his promise to
veto a marriage equality bill, sending the legislation to its possible death
on Friday.
One day after the Garden State's general assembly passed same-sex marriage
legislation and four days after the state senate did, Christie stamped a big
no on the bill. He had promised to try to kill the legislation, saying the
majority should vote on the issue.
"I think this is not an issue that should rest solely in my hands, or the
hands of the Senate President or the Speaker or the other 118 members of the
Legislature," said the governor, according to the Star-Ledger newspaper. "
Let's let the people of New Jersey decide what is right for the state."
Reaction from LGBT leaders was swift.
“Today, Governor Christie abandoned a majority of New Jersey voters, as
well as the officials elected to represent them, who believe that every
committed couple should be able to marry the person they love,” Mike
Thompson, acting president of GLAAD, said in a press release. “As public
support for marriage equality continues to grow, however, we are hopeful
that the state legislature will continue its work to provide loving gay and
lesbian couples with the vital protections that only marriage can afford.”
A recent poll shows that a majority of New Jersey residents, 52%, actually
support marriage equality in the state. | D**S
发帖数: 24887 | | m******o
发帖数: 3372 | 3 安不安全，民主党都不会同意公投的，除了人权不能投票决定的牌坊之外，民主党议员
也是自私的，害怕全国性保守组织放钱进来，然后保守选民纷纷出来投票，就算这个议
案通过了，多半也足够把民主党的议员投下去几个。
【在 D**S 的大作中提到】
: 民调的52%实在是不够"安全".
| g********d
发帖数: 4174 | 4 True.
【在 m******o 的大作中提到】
: 安不安全，民主党都不会同意公投的，除了人权不能投票决定的牌坊之外，民主党议员
: 也是自私的，害怕全国性保守组织放钱进来，然后保守选民纷纷出来投票，就算这个议
: 案通过了，多半也足够把民主党的议员投下去几个。
| k*****e
发帖数: 22013 | 5 再接再厉。总会有翻身的一天。
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【在 g********d 的大作中提到】
: Posted on Advocate.com February 17, 2012 05:20:00 PM ET
: Christie Vetoes N.J. Marriage Equality Bill
: By Neal Broverman
: CHRIS CHRISTIE 20120216 X390 (GETTY) | ADVOCATE.COM
: New Jersey's Republican governor Chris Christie made good on his promise to
: veto a marriage equality bill, sending the legislation to its possible death
: on Friday.
: One day after the Garden State's general assembly passed same-sex marriage
: legislation and four days after the state senate did, Christie stamped a big
: no on the bill. He had promised to try to kill the legislation, saying the
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