If you live in NJ and support Marriage Equality ...

[WestVillage]

If you live in NJ and support Marriage Equality ... #1

Posted: 11/20/09 at 10:54am

From Garden State Equality:

No matter where in New Jersey you live, please call New Jersey Senate Majority Leader Steve Sweeney's office now at [phone] and tell them you support the marriage equality bill and want it voted on this year, before Chris Christie takes office.

Here's why: Senator Sweeney, who happens to be a good guy otherwise, did us harm by telling reporters this week that the legislature should postpone marriage equality to consider the economy. And Senator Sweeney and the legislature will be in session this Monday, when we do our lobby day. We need your calls to him today.

Who are among those especially suffering in this economy? Same-sex couples denied health benefits because employers won't recognize civil unions as marriage. Imagine being denied health insurance in this economy!

And who would economically benefit when the legislature enacts marriage equality? Everyone! Because New Jersey would make $248 million in revenue in the next three years, according to an independent study, when it enacts marriage equality.

When you call Senator Sweeney's office, please be respectful. You can certainly say you're upset with his comments, but please be respectful. Legislative staffers who answer the phones are nice people who didn't tell him to make his comments.

Please call Senator Sweeney's office now at [phone].

[Eris0303]

re: If you live in NJ and support Marriage Equality ... #2

Posted: 11/20/09 at 12:14pm

Just called

"All our dreams can come true -- if we have the courage to pursue them." -- Walt Disney We must have different Gods. My God said "do to others what you would have them do to you". Your God seems to have said "My Way or the Highway".

[violet72]

re: If you live in NJ and support Marriage Equality ... #2

Posted: 11/20/09 at 12:15pm

I called during my lunch break

"Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life. Define yourself"

[madbrian]

re: If you live in NJ and support Marriage Equality ... #3

Posted: 11/20/09 at 1:06pm

You can also send a message electronically, which I just did. You can use this link:

http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/members/bio.asp?leg=216

"It does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are 20 gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket, nor breaks my leg." -- Thomas Jefferson

[adamgreer]

re: If you live in NJ and support Marriage Equality ... #4

Posted: 11/20/09 at 1:18pm

Done.

If this doesn't get passed now, it will never be passed while Fat Ass is running the state.
Updated On: 11/20/09 at 01:18 PM

[WestVillage]

re: If you live in NJ and support Marriage Equality ... #5

Posted: 11/20/09 at 1:24pm

Absolutely adamgreer. I'm calling from several different phone numbers, and my co-workers are also calling in support, even those that live in NYC (but they're saying they live in NJ when they call).

We have to get this passed ... SOON!!!!!

[MotorTink]

re: If you live in NJ and support Marriage Equality ... #6

Posted: 11/20/09 at 1:53pm

I sent an e-mail.

BroadwayBoobs: I'll give all of you who weren't there a hint of who took the pictures ...it rhymes with shameless

SOMMS: I knew it was Tink!

[Marianne2]

re: If you live in NJ and support Marriage Equality ... #7

Posted: 11/20/09 at 2:16pm

Just sent an email.

"I don't want the pretty lights to come and get me."-Homecoming 2005 "You can't pray away the gay."-Callie Torres on Grey's Anatomy. Ignored Users: suestorm, N2N Nate., Owen22, master bates

[violet72]

re: If you live in NJ and support Marriage Equality ... #8

Posted: 11/21/09 at 11:27pm

I sent an email and posted info on my facebook and emailed everyone I could think of that lives in NJ

"Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life. Define yourself"

[adamgreer]

re: If you live in NJ and support Marriage Equality ... #9

Posted: 11/23/09 at 10:59pm

Democratic Senators are getting cold feet and an idiot from Lakewood (a town that is about 80% Orthodox Jewish, by the way, for those of you who don't live in NJ).

Hopefully, they get this through before Fat Ass gets the keys to the statehouse on January 19.
Senators in NJ get cold feet.