New Jersey Republicans Call for Popular Vote on Gay Marriage

Six Republican legislators and their conservative allies want a constitutional referendum on allowing gay marriage in New Jersey and oppose any effort to move measures approving it in the lame duck Legislature in November and December. The Republicans and activists, led by Assembly members Michael Doherty (R-Warren) and Alison Littell McHose (R-Sussex), plan to hold a press conference at the Statehouse in Trenton on Monday to detail their positions. "This is nothing we haven't call for before,'' Doherty said Friday. "We put in a constitutional amendment to let voters decide the issue one way or another, yes or no. It's simple, we can let the voters decide or let a judge decide or let the lame duck session decide after November. We are going to try to re-invigorate the effort to let voters decide.'' Full Story from NJ Newsroom: http://www.newjerseynewsroom.com/state/republican-lawmakers-allies-call-for-referendum-on-gay-marriage

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