NJ: Senate May Not Have Enough Support to Bring Gay Marriage to a Vote

Written by scott on November 10th, 2009

New Jersey State Senate President Richard Codey says even though he supports gay marriage, there may not be enough support in his caucus to bring it to a vote. WNYC’s Bob Hennelly has more.

REPORTER: Codey, whose acting Governor while Jon Corzine is on vacation, says for Gay Marriage legislation to pass in his chamber, it needs to garner bi-partisan support.

CODEY: There’s not unanimous support within the Democratic caucus for it. There’s members that will not be voting for it. So clearly there would have to be some Republican votes for it to pass the Senate.

Full Story from WNYC: http://www.wnyc.org/news/articles/144137

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