One of Garden State Equality’s signature achievements has been the Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights. With legislators of both parties, Garden State Equality spent hundreds of hours helping to write the law and led the successful campaign for its passage – 73 to 1 in the Assembly and 30 to 0 in the Senate. Last year Governor Christie signed the law, a new paradigm in America to counter school bullying and a template now being followed by ...
Posted by Steven Goldstein on March 8, 2012
http://www.gardenstateequality.org/2012/03/hail-bipartisanship-especially-when-it-saves-students-lives/
In a new Quinnipiac Poll out today, support for marriage equality in New Jersey has risen to an all-time high 57 to 37 percent. We lead in virtually every category, including 52 to 43 percent among Catholics – often wrongly perceived to be on the other side of the issue.
Yet still we oppose changing New Jersey’s entire system of governance – which rightfully makes public referenda almost impossible – and oppose any ...
Posted by Steven Goldstein on March 1, 2012
http://www.gardenstateequality.org/2012/03/support-for-marriage-equality-in-new-jersey-rises-to-an-all-time-high-and-the-idea-of-a-public-referendum-is-still-wrong/
Friends, this morning I issued our organizational statement in anticipation of Governor Christie’s veto of the marriage equality bill. Please find that statement in the blog post immediately under this one. Late today, when Governor Christie actually issued his veto, he accompanied it with a statement calling for the creation of a civil union ombudsman.
In fact, the Governor’s offer to create a civil union ombudsman is ...
Posted by Steven Goldstein on February 17, 2012
http://www.gardenstateequality.org/2012/02/gold-plating-a-separate-water-fountain-for-a-specific-class-of-people/
