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Gay Marriage Enters N.J. Gov. Race


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Just when it seemed the New Jersey gubernatorial race would be dominated almost entirely by economic issues, Republican candidate Chris Christie injected gay marriage into the debate with a mailer that appears to be a last-minute scare tactic.

Christie, a former federal prosecutor appointed by President George W. Bush, sent a mailing to voters over the weekend that attempted to “play the gay card” against Democratic incumbent governor Jon Corzine and independent candidate Christopher Daggett, according to Adam Bink, who posted the mailing at the Bilerico Project. 

“Jon Corzine and Christopher Daggett say they would legalize same-sex marriage,” says the mailer from the Christie campaign. “Chris Christie says he supports a Marriage Protection Amendment that defines marriage as a union of one man and one woman. Jon Corzine and Christopher Daggett say they want to convert all same-sex civil unions to marriages. Chris Christie opposes that plan. When you vote this Tuesday, please vote for the candidate that shares your values.”

Corzine and Christie, the frontrunners, remain locked in a heated contest, one of only two gubernatorial races in the nation to be decided by this Tuesday's election. The other race takes place in Virginia.

The New Jersey legislature is widely expected to vote on a bill to legalize same-sex marriage in the lame-duck session following the election. Governor Corzine has pledged to sign the bill. Christie opposes marriage equality.

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Reader Comments
  • Name: hyhybt
    Date posted: 11/4/2009 9:48:02 PM
    Hometown: commerce GA

    Comment:

    By all means, then, please tell us the story of exactly how you came to decide to *be* heterosexual. (hint: telling us about your decisions on when and with whom to have sex is not the same thing at all.)

  • Name: Camille
    Date posted: 11/4/2009 2:02:06 PM
    Hometown: Burlington

    Comment:

    Being homosexual is NOT the same as being African American or any other race. Homosexulaity is a choice...... what race you are is not. I was born this way(african american). Homosexuals choose to be homosexuals. Stop comparing race to sexual preference, ITS NOT THE SAME!!!!!

  • Name: Abby
    Date posted: 11/3/2009 11:15:20 AM
    Hometown: Central NJ

    Comment:

    Christie definitely does NOT "share my views" or the views of anyone I know concerning gay rights...maybe he should get to know some more New Jerseyans before he speaks for them

  • Name: hyhybt
    Date posted: 11/3/2009 12:57:03 AM
    Hometown: Commerce GA

    Comment:

    It doesn't matter. The bill is supposed to go through before he takes office, so he won't have the opportunity to veto it even if elected. And, by the time it would come around to a vote, I don't see New Jersey rebanning it by amendment either.

  • Name: Larry Martin
    Date posted: 11/2/2009 8:34:33 PM
    Hometown: Hamilton

    Comment:

    While he is at it, why doesnt he just keep mixed race straight couples from getting married also? Christie must not care about 10% of the NJ population if he pulls this out of his right-wing, brain-lacking head.

  • Name: Davya
    Date posted: 11/2/2009 7:19:29 PM
    Hometown: Wynnewood, PA

    Comment:

    This Christie fellow is a real moron. A breed of heterocentric retards who have no real sociable opportunities and hold on to an outdated sense of what is "normal" because that's all they have going for them aside the violent and random expeditions into their spouses genitals for the vague yet stubborn sense of procreation. If this joke, this man who hasn't the balls either to openly insult the lgbt community or to admit his fundamentally religious sense of the world, is elected to NJ, then I don't know what has become of the northeast but a botched surgery of political and demagogical decadence.

  • Name: MAinNJ
    Date posted: 11/2/2009 4:31:35 PM
    Hometown: NJ

    Comment:

    A true indicator of desperation-- when one cannot win on the real issues, then use fear and smear! All the more reason not to vote for Christie. We need progressive politicians, not rigid, old-fashioned cave dwellers. Get the vote out, and defeat Christie!

  • Name: Joe Mustich, JP
    Date posted: 11/2/2009 11:41:15 AM
    Hometown: Washington, Connecticut

    Comment:

    It's time NJ. Cheers, Joe Mustich, Justice of the Peace, Washington, Connecticut, USA. Congrats to all the couples who came to CT to wed this summer from all around the country!

  • Name: blondee749
    Date posted: 11/2/2009 9:41:27 AM
    Hometown: Philadelphia

    Comment:

    Dragon...As I understand it, the legislature intends to vote on the marriage bill during the lame-duck session, while Gov. Corzine is still in office. He's pledged to sign it, so hopefully if Christie is unfortunately elected they can get the bill passed before he takes office

  • Name: Jessica K
    Date posted: 11/2/2009 9:14:23 AM
    Hometown: NJ

    Comment:

    Great, this asshole already is promising tax cuts for the rich and he has no way to pay for them with a $8 billion deficit looming, restore the property tax rebate plan to the full amount and wants to bust the unions of hard working state employees as well as destroy their hard earned pensions. Now he is playing the gay card as well as the amendment against gay marriage. What a truly large piece of crap he is. Sad thing is that half the idiots in NJ will vote for him. Lets just hope that he gets one less vote that Corzine. If you live in NJ you need to vote, every one matters, remember Florida 2000? Also a vote for the independent is a vote for Chri$tie



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