New Jersey Senate Votes to Legalize Gay Marriage
The New York Times
By Kate Zernike
Word Count: 864
Published, Feb. 13 2012
Main Ideas:
There was a change in the status of the same sex marriage bill in New Jersey today. The legislation has a vote on Thursday in the State Assembly. Even if the bill passes legislation, as expected, Gov. Chris Christie will veto the bill, trying his hardest to overturn the idea of same sex marriage in New Jersey. Senate president,Stephen M. Sweeney, who abstained from voting two years ago when the bill passed through the senate, recently changed his vote. Saying, "These are human beings with feelings that love their partners and they want to be married,". The bill which was reinstated today, found a huge advance, seeing that they received 10 more votes than 2 years ago when the bill was first introduced.
Conclusion:
Although 2 years ago the same bill was passed through congress and failed, today we see a change in the people of New Jersey. Overall we are able to see that if the bill gets 3 more votes from the Senate it will go through to the governor. It is up to him whether the bill is passed and same sex marriage is legal, or if he decides to veto the bill, and not legalize same sex marriage in the state of New Jersey.
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ReplyDeleteLegislation has finally changed same sex marriage papers and considered that it could be unconstitutional. New Jersey wants to make it legal for same sex marriages to occur, therefore much controversie has arrisen. Two years ago they attempted to pass through the same legislation but fell against resounding no's from many of the populace and the government. Now, there is much more consideration and people are considering this legislation as constitutional and must be passed through.
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