Lame-duck Legislature stalling on gay marriage

TRENTON — The state Legislature begins a lame-duck session with Democrats picking new leaders but both houses failing to advance a gay marriage bill that will die unless it is signed law before Chris Christie takes office Jan.
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Gay Marriage in NJ: Which Side of History Will You Be On?

NJ.com Gay Marriage in NJ: Which Side of History Will You Be On?Tips-Q GLBT News (blog)As our state legislature gears up to vote on marriage equality in the lame-duck session, we have one question for lawmakers: Which side of history do you .
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NY high court upholds benefits, but shies away from considering marriage equality

New York’s highest court on Thursday rejected two challenges filed by a Christian legal advocacy group that sought to deny legal recognition of marriages granted to same-sex couples by other other states or countries.
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Oops: Did Texas Ban Marriage?

Dallas Voice Oops: Did Texas Ban Marriage?CBS NewsHere's what happened: In 2005, Texas voters and the state Legislature approved a Constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage.
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PhoboQuotable - Bishop Harry Jackson

"Two weeks ago, just after the Maine’s successful reversal of the state legislature’s decision to sanction same-sex marriage, MSNBC’s Contessa Brewer asked me a profound question: 'Would Jesus have spent $550,000 to oppose same-sex marriage?'"The question was exactly what many secular parties had been asking in Portland, Maine, where she was speaking to me by satellite.
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Can Jesus Be Blackmailed?

Washington City Paper Can Jesus Be Blackmailed?Town HallTwo weeks ago, just after the Maine's successful reversal of the state legislature's decision to sanction same-sex marriage, .
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Item: ‘Doors have opened’ for LGBT equality bills in Utah legislature

     ::: Rep. Christine Johnson (D-Salt Lake) who plans to once again introduce a non-discrimination bill in the 2010 Utah told Deseret News she “feels like doors have opened” for LGBT equal rights legislation at the state capital after last week’s statement of support from the Mormon church for a Salt Lake City anti-discrimination measure.
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Deb Price: Setback for gay rights in Maine, but hope elsewhere

Maine will go down in the history books as the gay heartbreaker of Election Day 2009: Voters vetoed gay marriage even though it had won the approval of their state legislature and governor.
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New Poll Confirms Overwhelming Support for T Equality in MA

Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition has the details, including links to the poll and Lake research Partners' analysis of the poll.
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Cities, counties may join Salt Lake City with anti-bias laws, but not legislature

Two more jurisdiction in Utah have signaled that they will follow the lead of Salt Lake City and adopt laws to prohibit discrimination in housing and employment based on a person’s sexual orientation.
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COMMENTARY: Why civil rights don't belong on any ballot

Take a moment to think of alternatives to incarceration for nonviolent offenders, an issue state policymakers across the country are currently considering.
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JEFF EDELSTEIN: Gay marriage debate is (yawn) so over

JEFF EDELSTEIN: Gay marriage debate is (yawn) so overThe TrentonianAll of a sudden, New Jersey has become ground zero in the gay marriage debate.
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NY governor calls for gay marriage vote

NY Governor David Paterson has asked the state legislature to vote on a bill that will allow gay marriage.
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Maine. September, 1917

The Pine Tree state legislature had enacted a bill granting women the right to vote, with their strong support behind the measure.
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11/3/09 Election News: LGBT Rights Edition

I want to take a moment today to acknowledge the LGBT items that voters decided on recently in Michigan, Maine, and Washington.
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GLAAD Press Release

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Statement by GLAAD President Jarrett Barrios on 2009 Election Results in Maine, Washington and Kalamazoo, Mich.
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Low Blows In The NJ Governor's Race

Here in New Jersey, politics is a contact sport and the participants are not shy about drawing blood.
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NJ Gov Race: Chris Christie Goes For Last Minute Anti-Gay Push

The Bilerico Project reports that GOP New Jersey gubernatorial candidate Chris Christie, who is in a tight race with incumbent Jon Corzine, has sent voters a last-minute anti-gay mailer in order to push him over the top with the state's bigots.
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Maine's same-sex marriage vote nears

Voters in Maine, where the largest city, Portland, is roughly half the size of Oakland, will be the first in the nation to decide whether to overturn a law approving same-sex marriage after it was passed by a state legislature and signed by a governor.
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The Lethal Politics Of The Opt-Out Public Option, Ctd

A reader corrects another: In your most recent reader post on the opt-out provision about the public option, your reader is wrong: "Furthermore, even if the entire state legislature and governor are philosophically against a national insurance plan, it's a.
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