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Withers: Will gay marriage get a vote in NJ?

James Withers — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:03:22 +0000

A day after New York turned back gay marriage rights, a New Jersey senator said the Garden State would pick up the slack next week. State Sen. Ray Lesniak, a Democrat, told a group of(...)

Withers: New Jersey pulls back from marriage

James Withers — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:03:04 +0000

Looks like marriage in New Jersey is a no go. There was talk that Democrats, who run both houses of the Legislature, were going to compose a bill for lame duck Gov. Jon S. Corzine to sign; he(...)

Withers: Ten random thoughts

James Withers — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:16:13 +0000

1. Why does anyone care what former New York Times reporter Jayson Blair thinks?

2. Should lame duck governor Jon Corzine sign a gay marriage bill? At first blush, I say no.

3. Why do(...)

Election updates: NJ, NY

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:12:31 +0000

AP is calling the NJ Governor’s race for Republican Chris Christie over Democrat Jon Corzine – which could mean that gay marriage will be nixed there, at least for now. And – surprise! – MSNBC took back it’s call for Mike Bloomberg for Mayor of NYC. With almost half the precints reporting, he’s tied with [...]

Corzine’s makes gay-marriage prominent part of re-election campaign

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 19:00:22 +0000

(New Jersey) Gov. Jon Corzine has made his support for gay-marriage a prominent part of his reelection campaign, a stance opposite to the views he held as recently as 2006. While campaigning(...)