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New Jersey: Override on amending birth certificates fails
The measure would have permitted residents who changed their gender to update their birth certificates.
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News (USA)
Scorecard: How the GOP candidates fared in their 2nd debate
Here’s a look at how the eleven Republican candidates for president fared on Wednesday night.
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News (USA)
Gov. Christie once again vetoes trans birth certificate bill
The bill would’ve made it easier for transgender people to update their birth certificates.
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Chris Christie defends Indiana governor on religious freedom law
Christie, in his first remarks on the subject in an interview with The Wall Street Journal on Wednesday, focused on defending Pence: “I know Mike Pence, and he’s got nothing but love in his heart for people.”
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Life
Christie says states should decide whether to allow same-sex marriage
TRENTON, N.J. — Gov. Chris Christie says it shouldn’t be up to the Supreme Court to decide whether states allow same-sex marriage. The Republican governor weighed in Thursday on the court’s decision this week not to hear appeals from a handful of states, paving the way for a significant expansion across the country.
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Fight or flee? The GOP grapples with same-sex marriage
WASHINGTON — It took just a few words for the Supreme Court to deal with the question of whether gay marriage is legal. For Republicans thinking about running for the White House in 2016, it won’t be that easy. The court’s decision Monday to reject appeals from five states that sought to prohibit same-sex marriage reignited a debate inside the GOP…
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Republican governors’ rhetoric softening on same-sex marriage
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Deep in the nation’s Bible Belt, new signs emerged this weekend of an evolution among Republican governors on gay marriage, an explosive social issue that has divided America’s families and politics for years. While the Republican Party’s religious conservatives continue to fight against same-sex marriage, its governors appear to be…
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Life
Christie denounces comment by Perry comparing homosexuality to alcoholism
SAN FRANCISCO — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is denouncing comments by fellow Republican Texas Gov. Rick Perry comparing homosexuality to alcoholism in which people can choose to change their behavior. Perry said earlier this week that people may feel “compelled to follow a particular lifestyle” but have the ability to decide not to do that.
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Christie vetoes bill allowing new birth certificates for transgender people without surgery
TRENTON, N.J. — New Jersey governor Chris Christie on Monday vetoed a bill that would have allowed transgender citizens to obtain a new birth certificate to reflect their gender identity without surgical requirements.
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N.J. lawmakers end legislative push for same-sex marriage law
With same-sex marriage already legal in New Jersey, state lawmakers have stopped their push to codify the details through a bill, saying it is not urgent to address whether religious-affiliated organizations should be exempt.
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News (USA)
Christie defeats Buono, re-elected governor of New Jersey
ASBURY PARK, N.J. — Gov. Chris Christie was re-elected with ease Tuesday, demonstrating the kind of broad, bipartisan appeal that will serve as his opening argument should he seek the Republican presidential nomination in 2016.
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What’s ahead for N.J. Gov. Chris Christie if re-elected?
HARRISON, N.J. — A second term all but assured, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is casting himself as an inclusive Republican who transcends political lines and a pragmatic leader whose results-oriented approach offers valuable lessons for dysfunctional party leaders in Washington.
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In Va. and N.J., a contrasting tale of two Republican parties
FALLS CHURCH, Va. — This fall’s races for governor in Virginia and New Jersey offer a revealing window into the fight for the future of the Republican Party.
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BREAKING: N.J. governor Chris Christie drops gay marriage appeal
TRENTON, N.J. — Gov. Chris Christie dropped his legal challenge to same-sex marriages on Monday, removing the possibility that the vows of couples who began getting married hours earlier could be undone by a court.
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Commentary
Finally, the day for those who have been married in their hearts a very long time
Weddings come in a lot of flavors. Many are planned, sometimes long before a potential mate is even in the picture. Some come about at the last minute. Some of the opposite sex variety come about because improper birth control was used and the couple “has to.” Then there are some special ones that occur when marriage equality is finally attained: the weddings of people who have been married in their hearts for a very long time, but only now can be legally and socially recognized. These kind of weddings will take place in New Jersey this week. Long term couples becoming legally, publicly married and acknowledged. It is about time.
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Christie: N.J. will comply with court order allowing same-sex marriages to begin
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie says he disagrees with it, but he will comply with a state Supreme Court ruling that makes same-sex marriage legal in the state starting Monday.
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N.J. becomes #14 – State Supreme Court says gay weddings can begin Monday
TRENTON, N.J. — Same-sex marriages can begin within days in New Jersey after the state’s highest court ruled unanimously Friday to uphold an order that they must start Monday and to deny a delay that had been sought by Gov. Chris Christie’s administration.
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Christie says he would love his gay child, but not support that child’s right to marry
New Jersey governor Chris Christie said Tuesday that if one of his children came out as gay, he would “grab them and hug them and tell them I love them,” but that “Dad believes that marriage is between one man and one woman.”
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N.J. gay couples file court brief, argue against delay in marriage ruling
Gay couples will be harmed if the New Jersey Supreme Court delays a lower court’s ruling that same-sex marriage be legalized starting next week, a gay rights group said in a court filing Tuesday.
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Advocates hopeful N.J. will enact marriage equality law
TRENTON, N.J. — Gay rights advocates are glad to see the New Jersey state Supreme Court is taking up the question of same-sex marriage, partly because they think it could increase pressure on lawmakers to legalize it first.