Please DU this NJ poll on gay marriage - it needs a lot of help!

[karynnj]

NJ has a small window of opportunity to pass legislation on this - while Corzine is still Governor.

http://www.dailyrecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?Category=OPINION

(Far down on right hand of page)

[crim son]

1. Done but it does need help. n/t

[tabbycat31]

2. I didn't see it

but this legislation has to pass. I'm an intern with Garden State Equality, and went to Trenton on Thursday to lobby the legislature for marriage equality along with 700 others. Of course I came down with the flu and could not make it through the day, so I left at lunchtime. I'm still just as sick now as I was then--- ugh.

It has the opportunity to be voted on either Monday or Thursday, and we need to call our legislators NOW about it (I would but I can't talk right now). If you want, I can give you some key legislators numbers to call if you don't mind making a few phone calls. Their voicemails have to be full with support for marriage equality. If you want, mention how NY just rejected it (I'm ashamed of my home state) and if NJ passes it, many NY couples will come to NJ to get married thus helping the economy and tax revenue. Here are the phone numbers of some key legislators that are either in charge of getting the bill heard or on the fence (I only used the ones that the Asbury Park office is targeting-- I have no idea who Montclair, Trenton, or Collingswood is targeting). Tell them you're calling because it's an issue that affects all of NJ.

Dick Codey:[phone]
Steve Sweeney: [phone]
Paul Sarlo: [phone]
Jennifer Beck, Declan O'Scanlon-- (732)-933-1591
David Rible, Mary Pat Angelini-- 732-974-0400
Sean Kean-- 732-974-2564
Caroline Casagrande-- 732-866-1695
Andrew Ciesla-- 732-840-9028

[karynnj]

10. Thanks for this

I will call them Monday morning.

[tabbycat31]

11. call them now as well

fill their voicemail boxes. If you let me know what district you live in (or town name), I will post your legislators contact info too

[Starry Messenger]

3. Done.

[Chorophyll]

4. Done. nt

[Laelth]

5. k&r n/t

:dem:

-Laelth

[Political_Junkie]

6. done

and kicked.

[Ian David]

7. Done! K&R

[Laf.La.Dem.]

8. Done

36.5 yes (you are right needs help)

[Sebastian Doyle]

9. Looks like it's been terminally freeped

But I hit it anyway.

[Thickasabrick]

12. Done - but wow we are losing big time. Is that a conservative site? nt

[karynnj]

15. Not really - a local paper in

an affluent Republican county. The type of Republican was like Millicent Fenwick, our former representative. We have Frelinghuysen now - his family has been in NJ politics since the Revolutionary War. (Fenwick was the model of Rep Lacey Davenport in Doonesbury.)

[RedCappedBandit]

13. done

[upi402]

14. 54 to 43 - NO, --->one more vote for civilization though!

[MerryBlooms]

16. Done K&R. n/t

.

[HughMoran]

17. 47.7 % yes

making progress...

[Union Yes]

18. Done, it's now virtually tied. knr