NJ: Gay Marriage Supporters Ask for Thursday Vote

A contentious gay marriage bill in the New Jersey Legislature will face a major obstacle to passage on Thursday, January 7, if its sponsors get their way. Democratic Senators Loretta Weinberg and Raymond Lesniak have asked Senate President Richard Codey, a Democrat from Essex, to hold a floor vote on the bill Thursday. Democrats control the Senate with two votes to spare but remain divided on the bill. The bill was punted back to the Senate on New Year's Eve when Assembly Speaker Joe Roberts, a Democrat from Camden, said he had heard enough on the bill and was prepared to put the bill up for a vote without a committee hearing but added that the Assembly would not go first in voting for the measure. Full Story from On Top Magazine: http://www.ontopmag.com/article.aspx?id=5068&MediaType=1&Category=26

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