New York City Council speaker Christine Quinn said that Gov. Chris Christie appears to be playing a “political game” rather than showing leadership with his call for a marriage equality referendum in New Jersey.
Quinn spoke with reporters Saturday evening at the annual Human Rights Campaign Gala in New York. Asked about Christie’s suggestion that New Jersey lawmakers put marriage equality to a public vote, she called the proposal an attempt to “govern by polling.” Christie, who wants the state to keep its civil union law, said Thursday that with a recent survey showing a majority of voters support same-sex marriage, his call for a referendum should be perceived as a “magnanimous” gesture.
“I think the legislature should vote and I think Governor Christie should sign the bill, and if he’s not wiling to sign the bill, then he should veto it,” said Quinn. “But he shouldn’t play a political game, which is in essence what he’s trying to do, which I think everybody has seen as too cute by half.”
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