An analysis by the Office of the Chief Financial Officer, obtained by the Washington Post concludes that at least $5 million, and perhaps as much as $22 million, would be generated by same-sex weddings in the District over the next three years.
Christie's' [...]
This Week: We're taking advantage of the brief reprieve on marriage equality to catch up on the rest of the goings-on in New Jersey politics. As the Christie administration takes' [...]
This article was originally published on Dec. 9, 2009 at the Johnsonville Press
Marriage equality is up for a vote this Thursday in the New Jersey Senate. [...]
Last week, State Senator Loretta Weinberg, the bill's key Senate sponsor, made the case' [...]
The next month is [...]
Speaker Roberts says he has not set a date for a hearing in the Assembly Judiciary Committee.
Lots of lobbying on both sides going on.
Doblin: "Most of us were taught that two people married because they were in love. In New Jersey, at least for same-sex couples," [...]
Wow, the brazenness of the Democrats in the legislature is truly astounding. First, they have tried to ram through gay marriage. Now, apparently, they are going to sneakily take on another controversial issue: in-state tuition for illegals.
TRENTON, N.J. — Stalled in the Legislature for more than eight years, [...]
Sen. Dana Redd was among the Democratic lawmakers whose position on the gay-marriage bill was uncertain -- and now, in a sense, doesn't matter in the political calculus over the bill's future.
Redd will become Camden's mayor on Jan. 1st, meaning she'll be resigning from the state Senate since New Jersey [...]
The state Senate meets today for its last voting session of 2009. The board list includes 41 pieces of legislation -- though the bill with the highest profile, gay marriage, will not be considered.
The Senate will also present a resolution to Sean Goldman, urging the government of Brazil to allow [...]
Despite opposition from the Catholic Church, New' [...]
| December 10, 2009
Dick Codey
Senate President Dick Codey has agreed to delay a full Senate vote on the marriage equality bill. Its Senate sponsors, Ray Lesniak and Loretta Weinberg, requested the delay so that the Assembly's Judiciary Committee could vet the proposal. But, Speaker Joe Roberts says no [...]
It's Thursday, Dec. 10th, 2009 -- which was supposed to be the day of the gay-marriage vote in the state Senate. While that's not longer on the agenda, there's still plenty to occupy state government and politics this day.
The Senate meets for a voting session. Garden State Equality activists who' [...] | December 10, 2009
By Zebulon Pike | December 9, 2009TRENTON — A state Senate vote on legalizing same-sex marriage in New Jersey is expected to be delayed, its two prime sponsors said today.
Sens. Ray Lesniak (D-Union) and Loretta Weinberg (D-Bergen) said the bill — which was [...]
This little unscientific survey has been in the column to the right for a while now, but with the developments in the gay-marriage story (delaying the Senate vote and shifting action to the Assembly), it seemed like a good time to give it a higher profile for a short time. [...]
