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1. Support for same-sex marriage in New Jersey reaches new high
(N.J./State)

... those who attend services less frequently support the measure 66 to 29 percent. Given three options for same-sex couples: 47 percent support same-sex marriage; 34 percent support same-sex civil unions, ...

2. Good Point
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Like the article! Though I of course declare myself to be in support of traditional marriage and also civil unions (not gay marriage), I agree that simply leaving things to popular vote doesn't truly determine ...

3. Chistie's Intervention at Kean
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... have everything to do with compromising principle for politics. Dismissing Farahi would discredit the most publicize implementation of Chistie's animus toward teachers and unions at the level of higher ...

4. Bill Maher condemns Christie's veto on gay marriage
(N.J./State)

... that civil-unions are equal to marriages, as the state law requires. Christie said, "Discrimination should not be tolerated and any complaint alleging a violation of a citizen's right should be investigated ...

5. Chris Christie's anti-gay veto may come back to bite him
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... the Legislature created civil unions. But gay rights advocates claim the "civil union" designation is very ambiguous and still treats gay couples much different from heterosexual couples. Goldstein, ...

6. Christie focuses on civil union law as he conditionally vetoes gay marriage bill
(N.J./State)

... legalized gay marriage in New Jersey, and again called for the issue to be decided by the voters and not the legislators they elected, The governor also proposed the creation of a state civil unions ...

7. Assembly votes 42 to 33 to legalize gay marriage in New Jersey
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... would eliminate the state civil unions law that have been in place since 2007. Legislative Democrats argue the law has failed to provide equal treatment to New Jersey’s same-sex couples. The legislation ...

8. Small business lending on the uptick in January 2012
(Opinion/Commentary)

...  In January, these institutions approved 62.4 percent of the funding requests, up from 62.2 percent of funding requests in December. Credit unions, which have become increasingly active in small business ...

9. Gay marriage, civil rights issues do not belong on a N.J. referendum ballot
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... same time and survey them. If the former group has had significantly more problems with health insurance, parental rights, having next of kin rights honored, etc. – then the argument that civil unions ...

10. N.J. Senate votes 24 to 16 to legalize gay marriage
(N.J./State)

... every interest group including public employee unions," Pennachio said. "The latest public polling indicates that the public's top priorities are jobs and property taxes. I realize this is a sensitive ...

11. Bread and Roses and 'race'
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... Workers of the World, or 'Wobblies', who did most of the Lawrence organising, rather than the mainstream unions) and the Lawrence workers (who included many Syrians, Turks, Jews and others speaking 45 ...

12. Obama is banking on small business in 2012
(Money/Economy)

... unions and alternative lenders to the President's Council of Economic Advisers. This is a sign that the Obama administration is placing an emphasis on the growth of small businesses. While the economy ...

13. Sen. Sweeney declares Legislature will not send Christie a same-sex marriage referendum bill
(N.J./State)

... lower house sponsor of the legislation, told the committee, “The creation of civil unions has produced a separate-but-equal system, and as we know from our history classes, separate-but-equal is as unconstitutional ...

14. Law professor: Stephen Colbert's Super PAC fundraising is 'brilliant'
(U.S./Nation)

... on them. The decisions have basically taken the gloves off. “Citizens United” created the law that independent spending by corporations and unions cannot be limited. It used to be that corporations and ...

15. N.J. Assembly to hold hearing on same-sex marriage bill next week
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... Equality and Religious Exemption Act (A-1), would eliminate the civil unions that have been in place since 2007. Democrats maintain the law has not provided equal treatment to New Jersey’s same-sex couples. ...

16. Gov. Christie: Gay marriage in N.J. is not a 'political football'
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... of New Jersey decide what is right for the state."  Although Christie supports civil unions, he says he promises to veto the same-sex marriage bill if it ever reaches his desk. The state’s Democrats ...

17. As N.J. Democrats move to approve gay marriage, Christie calls for voters to decide
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... with the legalization of same-sex marriage. Presently, the state permits so-called civil unions. Should the “Marriage Equality and Religious Exemption Act, be approved in the state, New Jersey ...

18. Native son Stephen Colbert and Herman Cain push the limit in South Carolina
(U.S./Nation)

... Supreme Court decision that barred the government from putting political spending limits on corporations and unions. Montclair resident Colbert grew up in South Carolina.  His rally was called the ...

19. Poll finds support for gay marriage growing in New Jersey
(N.J./State)

... civil unions. Most groups support allowing same-sex couples to adopt children, while black voters are divided on that issue.” The poll also measured other hot button political issues in New Jersey. New ...

20. Christie approves 57 bills, pocket vetoes 42 others
(N.J./State)

... to provide competitive intelligence information to certain businesses A-4366/S-3190 - Authorizes annulments of marriage and civil unions without cause within 30 days of the ceremony; eliminates waiting ...