New Jersey lawmakers to vote on same-sex marriage | Philadelphia Inquirer | 12/04/2009

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New Jersey lawmakers to vote on same-sex marriage | Philadelphia Inquirer | 12/04/2009:

'This is not the New York legislature,' Sen. Raymond Lesniak (D. Union) declared to a large crowd of same-sex marriage advocates who gathered in front of the Statehouse shortly before noon yesterday. 'The New York legislature is dysfunctional. We're better than that. We're New Jersey.'

Proponents of the bill are urgently pushing for its passage in the next few weeks. While Gov. Corzine has said he will sign it if it reaches his desk, Gov.-elect Christopher J. Christie, who takes office Jan. 19, has said he would veto it, which means the issue would most likely be a nonstarter at least until Christie leaves office.