New Jersey: Andrews, Lautenberg support marriage equality

Link: Blue Jersey

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In case anyone still doubts the value of primaries...Garden State Equality just announced their endorsement for US Senate, but the most interesting part to me is that both candidates expressed their support for marriage equality:

In extensive interviews with Garden State Equality's Board of Directors, both incumbent Senator Frank Lautenberg and Congressman Rob Andrews endorsed legislation to establish marriage equality in New Jersey, making this one of the few elections in American history where marriage equality has been endorsed by two competing candidates for statewide office.

To be sure, United States Senators vote on legislation in Washington, not Trenton.  But the support of these two esteemed public servants adds powerful momentum to our fight for marriage equality in New Jersey.    

Senator Lautenberg said, "The government should get out of the business of telling same-sex couples in committed relationships that they can't marry.   Anything else is not equality."  

Congressman Andrews said, "I support marriage equality.   The recent commission report on civil unions was pivotal in my thinking.  The civil union law has failed to give gay couples equal rights."

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