Gallery packed with Garden State Equality activists as Doherty assumes oath of office

By Max Pizarro | November 23rd, 2009 - 1:23pm
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TRENTON - The irony is that Garden State Equality activists pack the gallery here in the Senate chamber for the swearing-in ceremony of uber conservative state Sen.-elect Mike Doherty (R-Washington Twp.).

They are in attendance today to ramrod gay marriage through the corridors of both houses prior to Gov. Jon Corzine's departure with the new year.

Doherty is a staunch opponent of the measure.

Former Assemblyman Dick Kamin - a Doherty ally - tries to make way for Doherty backers, but Garden State Equality dominates.

Before assuming the rostrum below, state Senate President Richard Codey (D-Roseland) appears briefly in the gallery.

"We're going to swear in (Sen.-elect Mike Doherty), and then we're going to have the vote," says Codey, referring to the caucus leadership vote in which Democrats figure Senate Majority Leader Steve Sweeney (D-West Deptford) will defeat Codey.

At the rostrum now, the sitting Senate President welcomes Gov.-elect Chris Christie and Lt. Gov.-elect Kim Guadagno and asks marriage equality acitivists to kindly make way for Doherty relatives and supporters as Codey swears him into office.  

Warren and Hunterdon county backers pile into the gallery, and moments later, sustained applause greets Doherty.

Gay clergy came to Trenton

Yesterday, Garden State Equality displayed its roster of gay clergy in the front row of the Senate Judiciary Committee Chamber and later on during thier press conference.
Like recently in Maine, it is part of the play book that we have become so familiar. According to Steven Goldstein 18 faiths were represented.
2 of the clergy were part of the gang of gay and transgender commissioners who run the fraudulent NJ civil union review commission that cheated millions of NJ families of their civil rights.
I am sure God is watching this choreographed circus with great despair since He did not inspire a gay bible with Adam and Steve

OK

Here is another great example of why this just simply cannot be left for the people to decide. Please read Soleil's post above and ask if this person would make a rational vote based on the legal rights of citizens of this country. I will ask the poster the same question I have asked many-give me a legal reason why gay people shouldne be allowed to marry?

Marriage

existed before all written laws. Marriage has a purpose. That purpose cannot be fulfilled by people of the same gender.

If homosexual marriage is to become law, it should take the same path that ended slavery and gave women the right to vote. Let them pursue an amendment to our Constitution.

Pro Acai Max

Really a educative and informative post, the post is good in all regards,I am glad to read this post.

http://www.goarticles.com/cgi-bin/showa.cgi?C=2222539

DiMar

"existed before all written laws. Marriage has a purpose. That purpose cannot be fulfilled by people of the same gender." I'm not sure that marriage actually existed before your claim and im not so sure it can be factually verified-regardless-I want to know what this aforementioned purpose is....

Purpose

To procreate and raise children with the values and skills needed to be self sufficient and productive in society.

Excellent

So therefor we must annul every marriage that does not produce children. Any couple the uses birth control, anyone male or female that has had birth control surgery, any couple that choses not to have children, and couple that cannot for whatever medical reason have children, any couple that are "bad" parents must all have their marriage's invalidated. I didnt marry my wife because we both agreed that the time was right to produce offspring. I married my wife because I love her, respect her, knew I could spend my life together with her, we shared hopes dreams interests etc...now that our children are grown-should we be forced to divorce because a) we didnt marry just to procreate and or b) because we no longer have children to raise and or c) will not be having anymore children?

Uhh DiMarco

If the "purpose" is to "To procreate and raise children with the values and skills needed to be self sufficient and productive in society" as you say -

should we deny marriage licenses to straight couple who do not plan to have children? Should we make married people sign oaths saying they will have kids?

How about married couples over the age of 60?

Really, think before you type. You try to sound like an intellectual but you sound like an idiot.

That is the purpose

There is no reason to be married if people are not going to try to procreate. Love, intimacy, and companionship can be achieved without marriage. Children need a mother and a father. Sterility and denial of sexual intercourse have been long established and acceptable reasons to terminate a marriage.

Homosexual "Marriage"

If you're interested in your children, check out what's happened in Massachusetts:

http://www.massresistance.org/docs/marriage/effects_of_ssm.html

They talk about marriage equality, but you can see in Mass. what they really want - your children.

Di Marc

Really I feel terrible for you.

response to SJ Blue

Love creates life and life creates lineage and descendance. Same sex love does not have any of these potentials.
It is a dead tree
Same sex "marriage" creates more fatherless and motherless homes. It violates the basic birthright and human rights of children. True love would never do that. Divorce and out of wedlocks single parenting are also violating that universal principle
Same sex marrriage is 100% sexist and discriminates against the complementary sex. It is based on heterophobia.
True marriage equality is one man and one woman. For children marriage equality is one Mom and one Dad

To Soleil

I cant even begin to articulate how much I disagree with that. In the spirit of the Holiday, I will just say that and Happy Thanksgiving.

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