And New Jersey makes 33%
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While Chris Christie took the chicken wing out of his mouth long enough to say something about how he thinks the rights and protections of minorities should go to the voters, he somehow managed to see the writing on the wall and realize he wasn't going to win a challenge to the New Jersey Supreme court and didn't want his biggest news story to be hating on GLBT families as he went into the primaries for GOP nominee. As it stands, the biggest story is how his gastric bypass surgery was a failure.
Either way...
with the addition of the 15th state to recognize marriage equality, now a full third of the citizens of the US have marriage equality at the state level and 100% of them have it at the federal level.
I think I'm required to say something like "Suck It, Mormons" here. But I can't be arsed. I'm partying too hard.
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As usual, the west and NE are ahead of the other states in terms of progress.
Christie is the only moderate republican out there. Every republican I know is far right. Of course, he wouldn't win by the sake of his own party!
I mean...it IS, right?
So why the hate and melodramatic commentary? Can't something like this be celebrated without snark?
(btw, there are levelheaded people all around. I like Christie for the most part, chicken wings or not)
we are a jaded bunch ...
as for your first question ... the stat also shows that there is 67% of the country that still doesn't recognize the rights of the LGBT community ... so, yes - 33% is better than 30% but it's still pretty sad ...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/2 ... 12521.html
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) prides himself on his record of fighting pork in the state legislature. But he's never taken that mandate as literally as he did Thursday, when he vetoed a bill that would have banned the use of gestation crates on pig farms in New Jersey.
The bill, S. 1921, passed the state Assembly by a vote of 60 to 5 and the state Senate by a vote of 29 to 4 in May, with both Democrats and Republicans supporting the effort to prohibit farmers from using any confinement method that would prevent pigs from turning around or laying down. A poll taken in the state showed that 89 percent of voters were in favor of Christie signing the measure into law [pdf].
The bill's passage was hailed by animal rights groups, such as the Humane Society of the United States, as an important symbolic victory for their movement. Though major buyers, such as McDonald's and Smithfield Foods, have recently announced plans to stop buying pork from farmers that use gestation crates, 83 percent of American pigs still spend some time in them, and their use remains legal in 41 states, including all the major pork-producing states. Recent efforts to pass such legislation in four other states have failed, though a bill remains on the table in Massachusetts.
But agricultural interest groups have been pressuring Christie's office to veto the bill for the past six weeks. They argued that gestation crates are not only the cheapest method of raising sows, but also the best for their health, because they allow the farmer total control over the animals' upbringing. And on Thursday, Christie sided with the hog farmers.
"...I changed by not changing at all..."
I'll also refer to JimmyV's last sentence up there
He didn't have a chance anyway and I think he knows that. Many Republicans still blame him for Romney's loss.
Melodramatic?
That's not melodramatic, that's "mean-spirited fat shaming," and after all the bullshit he's spewed, I figure I'm entitled to a few fat jokes.
Carry on.
Good for him, at least he has the balls to let it go.
i think he's still got a very good chance of winning the GOP nomination ... mainly because the extreme right wing candidates are the majority ... they will just split the votes and the moderate republicans will come and take all the moderate votes ...
You're right, hedonist, it IS good news. Until you look at that map and see how many states don't acknowledge the LGBT community, like polaris said.
I'm not sure but my state Florida is among those that don't acknowledge the LGBT community right?
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only the middle is going to win from here on out.
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in a few years it will be all 50 states... well 49, because texas is gonna secede...
:P :P
"Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
Or we'll just show up with our chain saws and cut it off.
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Texas Chainsaw Masacreeee.
Too bad government decided what a marriage should be in the first place.
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i saw that it was a very contentious process.. very emotional.
last i saw yesterday it was not looking good.
congratulations hawaii!
"Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
sorry ... it passed the senate ... still has to go through the house ...
But... I'll believe it when I see it
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This and concealed carry in the same year? How things are changing.