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• Blue Jersey to Marriage Equality allies: Get your Gandhi on!

  —Blue Jersey

  It's been a rough and tumble few weeks on the road to marriage equality. We've seen ups and downs, moments of despair and moments of great hope. Emotions have run high on both sides of the issue.

  Last week, State Senator Loretta Weinberg, the bill's key Senate sponsor, made the case' [...]

  Posted: December 14, 2009, 10:57am EST
  

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• Loretta Weinberg, with a request

  —Blue Jersey

  Senator Loretta Weinberg, prime sponsor of the Marriage Equality Act (S1967) just sent us this statement. We don't usually print statements intact, I'm posting this one exactly as she wrote it. Clearly what prompted it was the brief incident Steven Goldstein apologized for here. But it also goes toward [...]

  Posted: December 10, 2009, 3:23pm EST
  

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• Musings On Marriage

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  Senate President Codey has postponed the vote on the "Marriage Equality" bill at the request of its sponsors, Senators Ray Lesniak and Loretta Weinberg. Lesniak and Weinberg don't have the votes to pass the bill. They say they want the Assembly Judiciary Committee to debate the bill before the Senate' [...]

  Posted: December 10, 2009, 8:15am EST
  

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• Situational Democracy

  —The Save Jersey Blog

   | December 10, 2009
  
  First, Lesniak and Weinberg told us that the voters couldn't be trusted with gay marriage. No public referendum. "To the Senate," they said. 
  Now it's an "about face" of epic proportions! We're suddenly told that the Assembly should weigh-in first?
  Trenton operates like a banana republic, Save [...]

  Posted: December 10, 2009, 8:00am EST
  

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• News Roundup & Open Thread for Thursday, Dec. 10, 2009 - No Vote Today Edition

  —Blue Jersey

  Today was supposed to be the full Senate vote on marriage equality, which we've all been carb-loading for for weeks. Last night, the timeline shifted at the request of sponsors senators Weinberg & Lesniak. Things are still shaking out, but the Assembly will go first now. And they have' [...]

  Posted: December 10, 2009, 7:49am EST
  

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• A VOTE DELAYED, A BILL DENIED

  —In The Lobby

  Dec. 10, 2009
  
  
  The surprise announcement by gay marriage supporters that they asked for a postponement of today’s Senate vote can only mean one thing: they knew they didn’t have the votes.
  Don’t believe those face-saving statements by Senate sponsors Ray Lesniak and Loretta Weinberg, as well [...]

  Fetched: December 10, 2009, 7:20am EST
  

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• Marriage equality bill vote delayed

  —Politics Patrol: Bob Ingle

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  Dick Codey

  Senate President Dick Codey has agreed to delay a full Senate vote on the marriage equality bill. Its Senate sponsors, Ray Lesniak and Loretta Weinberg, requested the delay so that the Assembly's Judiciary Committee could vet the proposal. But,  Speaker Joe Roberts says no [...]

  Posted: December 10, 2009, 6:53am EST
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• No NJ Gay Marriage Vote Now

  —Dan Cirucci

  From Matt Friedman at PolitickerNJ:
  Senate President Dick Codey (D-Roseland) announced [Wednesday] evening that he will delay [today's] senate vote on marriage equality at the request of the bill’s primary sponsors, state Sen. Loretta Weinberg (D-Teaneck) and Ray Lesniak (D-Elizabeth).
  “Senator Weinberg and Senator Lesniak have expressed their' [...]

  Posted: December 10, 2009, 6:36am EST
  

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• ALERT: GAY MARRIAGE VOTE POSTPONED DUE TO LACK OF VOTES

  —The Save Jersey Blog

  By Zebulon Pike | December 9, 2009
  
  
  No vote tomorrow!
  
  
  
  
  THE STAR-LEDGER
  

  TRENTON — A state Senate vote on legalizing same-sex marriage in New Jersey is expected to be delayed, its two prime sponsors said today.

  Sens. Ray Lesniak (D-Union) and Loretta Weinberg (D-Bergen) said the bill — which was [...]

  Posted: December 09, 2009, 6:47pm EST
  

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• Codey officially delays marriage equality vote

  —Politicker NJ

  Senate President Dick Codey (D-Roseland) announced this evening that he will delay tomorrow’s senate vote on marriage equality at the request of the bill’s primary sponsors, state Sen. Loretta Weinberg (D-Teaneck) and Ray Lesniak (D-Elizabeth). “Senator Weinberg and Senator Lesniak have expressed their earnest desire to postpone tomorrow’s vote until [...]

  Posted: December 09, 2009, 5:32pm EST
  by Matt Friedman

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• Update: Tentative Victory in the Senate, Next Battle in the Assembly

  —CWA-NJ Conservatives with Attitude!

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  This just released in the Star-Ledger:

  TRENTON — A state Senate vote on legalizing same-sex marriage in New Jersey is expected to be delayed, its two prime sponsors said today.

  Sens. Ray Lesniak (D-Union) and Loretta Weinberg (D-Bergen) said the bill — which was up for passage on [...]

  Posted: December 09, 2009, 5:15pm EST
  by Sharon Soon

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• Report: Senate to delay marriage equality vote, Assembly may go first

  —Politicker NJ

  The State Senate has postponed a vote on marriage equality legislation, and there is talk that the General Assembly will vote first, according to a Star-Ledger report.  The sponsors, State Sens. Raymond Lesniak (D-Elizabeth) and Loretta Weinberg (D-Teaneck) told the Star-Ledger that they expect Senate President Richard Codey (D-Roseland) to [...]

  Posted: December 09, 2009, 4:10pm EST
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• The surprises keep coming - tomorrow the Assembly votes first

  —Blue Jersey

  UPDATE#3: Sen. Codey agrees to postpone the vote, at the request of sponsors Weinberg and Lesniak, until the Assembly Judiciary Committee has had time to hold hearing on the bill. Codey: I understand their desire to make sure this bill receives the thorough attention it deserves and therefore I have [...]

  Posted: December 09, 2009, 4:05pm EST
  

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• Loretta Weinberg Speaks Out For Equality On WNYC

  —Blue Jersey

  Promoted by Jason Springer: Thanks for putting this interview up Nick.

  This is Loretta's excellent interview from this morning with WNYC's Brian Leher.   Enjoy!!!

  
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  Posted: December 08, 2009, 6:28pm EST
  

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• Sen. Loretta Weinberg's Opening Statement

  —Blue Jersey

  There were many dastardly, cowardly, and incomprehensible things said tonight by New Jersey's senators. We'll get to that. Frankly, it didn't go down easy and it takes some serious digesting. And we're all tired. Especially Scott, who single-handedly delivered more than 7 hours of live-blogging the Senate Judiciary today [...]

  Posted: December 07, 2009, 11:43pm EST
  

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• Judiciary Committee turns to marriage

  —Politicker NJ

  TRENTON - The Senate Judiciary Committee has taken up the marriage equality legislation in what is likely to be a very long session.   State Sen. Loretta Weinberg (D-Teaneck) – one of the bill’s prime sponsors – appealed to the senators by recounting her own 39 year marriage to her [...]

  Posted: December 07, 2009, 3:34pm EST
  by Matt Friedman

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• Gay Marriage in Committee TODAY: Handicapping the Vote

  —The Save Jersey Blog

  Matt Rooney | December 7, 2009
  
  Alert, Save Jerseyans: State Senator Paul "Bullsh*t" Sarlo (D-EnCap) plans to post the N.J. gay marriage bill TODAY (Monday, 12/7) @ a 1:00 PM Judiciary Committee hearing.
  The consensus committee vote prediction from my sources as of this morning:
  
  YES: Smith, Lesniak, Gill, Weinberg, BaroniNO: Kyrillos, Bateman, Cardinale, BeckSWING: Sarlo, Stack, [...]

  Posted: December 07, 2009, 9:00am EST
  

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• We're Coming Down the Home Stretch

  —Blue Jersey

  Thank you, Senator Weinberg, for everything you're doing. - promoted by Rosi

  As the prime sponsor, along with Senator Ray Lesniak, of the Marriage Equality bill, I am humbled and awed by your tremendous showing of support.  So many folks have traveled to Trenton, lined the State House hallways, filled in' [...]

  Posted: December 04, 2009, 12:47am EST
  

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• What We're Thankful For & Open Thread

  —Blue Jersey

  Thankful the $%@*ing governor's election is over. But huge thanks to all the people who worked so hard, everybody who voted right, and especially, Jon S. Corzine and Joe Cryan.

  Loretta Weinberg. Hotshot. Patron saint.

  That we have leaders willing to do the right thing simply because it's the right [...]

  Posted: November 26, 2009, 2:54pm EST
  

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• Who Does Loretta Weinberg Think She Is?

  —The Save Jersey Blog

  Matt Rooney | November 24, 2009
  
  
  The ultra-liberal state Senator Loretta Weinberg (D-Bergen) helped co-pilot the S.S. New Jersey Democrat into the shoals this year, Save Jerseyans. Her reckless pro-tax, pro-spending, anti-business ideology was soundly rejected by voters at the polls. Loretta's ticket's defeat capped off a lackluster career which included her [...]

  Posted: November 24, 2009, 4:00am EST
  

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• News Roundup & Open Thread for Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009

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  All eyes - with furrowed brow - on Sweeney

  The likely next Senate President was quoted yesterday saying that now is not the time to drive marriage equality through the legislature. The remark absolutely was a surprise.

  Sen. Loretta Weinberg responded immediately.

  Some of our Democrats are still confused [...]

  Posted: November 19, 2009, 6:56am EST
  

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• Weinberg to Sweeney: honor your committment on marriage equality

  —Politicker NJ

  State Sen. Loretta Weinberg (D-Teaneck) wants Senate Majority Leader Stephen Sweeney (D-West Deptford) to “honor the commitment he made to me” on the marriage equality bill she sponsors.   Weinberg issued a statement this evening in response to Sweeney’s comment at the League of Municipalities today that “the main issue [...]

  Posted: November 18, 2009, 5:38pm EST
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• Sen. Loretta Weinberg responds to Sen. Steve Sweeney

  —Blue Jersey

  Senator Loretta Weinberg, reacting to the news of Senator Sweeney's statement today.

  As the prime sponsor of the Marriage Equality Act, I am urging our current Majority Leader to honor the commitment he made to me to move this important civil rights bill forward. We have the ability in [...]

  Posted: November 18, 2009, 5:31pm EST
  

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• Leadership, Mr. Senate President

  —Blue Jersey

  UPDATE: Read Senator Loretta Weinberg's response to Sweeney's statement.

  Senator Sweeney,

  You'll remember me, I think. I lobbied you a few weeks ago, on the issue of marriage equality. I was representing the several thousand New Jersey members of Democracy for America in this state, DFA-NJ, and the thousands of readers' [...]

  Posted: November 18, 2009, 4:41pm EST
  

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• All eyes on Sarlo

  —Blue Jersey

  UPDATE: Don't miss the confirmation from Sen. Weinberg in Comments that she has a committment from Sen. Sarlo and the bill will be forwarded out of committee.

  The best news of the day, of course, came via Zach Fink at NJN, who reported today that Paul Sarlo appears to have' [...]

  Posted: November 16, 2009, 10:14pm EST
  

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