Vote tally on civil union legislation

Yesterday’s vote to allow “gay and lesbian couples to enter into civil unions that mirror heterosexual marriage” may not have gone far enough (it creates a separate, but equal and parallel structure — remember Plessey v. Ferguson), but it was rather historic for New Jersey nonetheless. New Jersey becomes only the fourth state to all civil unions and maybe ready to embark on the journey toward full marriage rights for gay and lesbian couples.

Here is how the folks representing voters in Cranbury, Jamesburg, Monroe and South Bruswick (the 14th District) voted, according to the Office of Legislative Services:

  • Assemblyman Bill Baroni (R) — yes

  • Assemblywoman Linda Greenstein (D) — yes

  • Sen. Peter Inverso (R) — no

Here is what Assemblyman Baroni said, according to BlueJersey.com (the quote was included in Star-Ledger wire-service reports yesterday, but was not included in the stories that ran today in any of the papers):

Mr Speaker – let’s vote and begin to end this discrimination.

South Brunswick Post, The Cranbury Press
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Author: hankkalet

Hank Kalet is a poet and freelance journalist. He is the economic needs reporter for NJ Spotlight, teaches journalism at Rutgers University and writing at Middlesex County College and Brookdale Community College. He writes a semi-monthly column for the Progressive Populist. He is a lifelong fan of the New York Mets and New York Knicks, drinks too much coffee and attends as many Bruce Springsteen concerts as his meager finances will allow. He lives in South Brunswick with his wife Annie.

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