And onto the New Jersey right wingnuts!

Just as gay rights advocates in New Jersey started to believe the state is poised to pass legislation legalizing gay marriage...out come the right wing pushing to take the issue to voters. Let's not forget what happened with Prop 8 in California.

NJ already recognizes civil unions for same-sex couples after a Supreme Court decision in 2006 left it up to the Legislature. So the decision to take it further -- or reverse that law -- is still in the hands of Legislature, where lawmakers have introduced a bill that would allow gay couples to marry (S2898), and a measure (SCR-30) that would (yawn...not again) ask voters to amend the constitution to define marriage as a union between a man and woman.

The National Organization for Marriage has already spent at least $1.5 million on advertising against marriage equality in NJ. Pushing prejudice.

Recently, this is what Gov Jon Corzine had to say when asked whether the question of legalizing same-sex marriage is likely to be on the ballot if he is elected to a second term: "Well, I, uh, you know, it probably will not as long as I am governor because I actually believe, uh, that these are the kinds of decisions based on, uh, the, ummm, acceptance of the Supreme Court’s judgment that, uh, marriage equity, umm, is consistent with our principles and our Constitution and I believe we should, uh, follow the Constitution."

Check out Gov. Jon Corzine's got a lame excuse for ducking gay-marriage issue