You can’t scare the public with the gay issue anymore since they no longer are afraid to have us as neighbors. In fact, most Americans want us as their neighbors and pollsters have discovered that 47 percent of strong conservative Republicans would vote for an LGBT person running for office.

TRENTON, N.J. -- A New Jersey state Senate committee on Tuesday advanced a bill that would legalize same-sex marriage in the Garden State, while Gov. Chris Christie vowed to veto the bill if it reached his desk, and instead said that gay marriage should be decided by the voters.

TRENTON, N.J. -- New Jersey Governor Chris Christie on Monday nominated Bruce Harris, an openly gay African-American Republican mayor, to the state's Supreme Court.

NEWARK, N.J. -- The New Jersey Star-Ledger -- the state's largest newspaper -- on Thursday called for an amendment to the New Jersey state constitution that would legalize same-sex marriage in the Garden State.

TRENTON, N.J. -- The Democratic leadership of the New Jersey legislature on Monday said they will introduce marriage equality legislation this session and would make the measure in both legislative bodies Senate and Assembly the legislative top priority.

NEW YORK -- New Jersey's Gov. Chris Christie on Wednesday criticized comments made by a Union Township, N.J. high school teacher who posted an anti-gay rant on Facebook last week.

Appearing on NBC's "Meet the Press" on Sunday, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie reaffirmed his opposition to same-sex marriage, and "that will be the view of our state" -- as long as he is the Governor.

TRENTON, N.J. -- New Jersey Governor Chris Christie on Thursday, signed what many believe is the nation's toughest law to fight bullying in institutions of learning.

[caption id="attachment_4642" align="alignleft" width="369" caption="Garden State Equality March (NJ.com photo)"][/caption] A bill to legalize gay marriage in New Jersey was left in limbo this week when the state Assembly speaker [...]

TRENTON -- The New Jersey gay marriage proposal will be considered Monday by a Senate committee and could be posted for a full senate vote later in the week, reports [...]

The battle over gay rights moves to New Jersey and the federal government, advocates said, after Tuesday's narrow rejection of same-sex marriage by Maine voters. The Democrat-controlled legislature in New [...]