[{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BlogPosting","@id":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/new-jersey-state-senate-begins-marriage-equality-hearings\/#BlogPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/new-jersey-state-senate-begins-marriage-equality-hearings\/","headline":"New Jersey State Senate Begins Marriage Equality Hearings","name":"New Jersey State Senate Begins Marriage Equality Hearings","description":"By Jason Carson Wilson A marriage equality bill has come to New Jersey\u2019s capitol. The state senate judiciary committee will ponder S.1\u2014the Marriage Equality and...","datePublished":"2012-01-24","dateModified":"2021-06-25","author":{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/author\/admin\/#Person","name":"Equally Wed","url":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/author\/admin\/","identifier":787,"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ca62cf123aaaf135c80b055249bacbda79de9226e11cdfcde6529bedf89683de?s=96&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ca62cf123aaaf135c80b055249bacbda79de9226e11cdfcde6529bedf89683de?s=96&r=g","height":96,"width":96}},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Equally Wed","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"http:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/equally-wed-lgbtq-weddings-logo.jpg","url":"http:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/equally-wed-lgbtq-weddings-logo.jpg","width":218,"height":60}},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/gay-marriage-new-jersey-rally.jpg","url":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/gay-marriage-new-jersey-rally.jpg","height":253,"width":380},"url":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/new-jersey-state-senate-begins-marriage-equality-hearings\/","about":["Marriage Equality News"],"wordCount":188,"articleBody":" By Jason Carson WilsonA marriage equality bill has come to New Jersey\u2019s capitol. The state senate judiciary committee will ponder S.1\u2014the Marriage Equality and Religious Exemption Act\u2014in Trenton at 11 a.m. Tuesday, according to The Advocate.Remi Lourenco, 20, of Harrison, N.J., holds a sign during a gay marriage rally held in support of gay marriage in Hoboken in July.In fact, the committee is slated to vote on the gay marriage bill at the hearing\u2019s end. It will hear testimony from both pro- and anti-gay marriage forces.A Quinnipiac poll, released last week, noted 52 percent of New Jersey voters support marriage equality.Republican New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie promised to veto a marriage equality bill as a candidate. Now, he\u2019s become a tad less adamant about marriage equality opposition.\u201cThe fact is that this is a huge societal change that they\u2019re talking about here, and I think that we need to do this in a very deliberate and thoughtful way,\u201d Christie has said.The hearing will be in Committee Room 4 at the State House, 125 W. State St.\u00a0Photo: nj.com"},{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"New Jersey State Senate Begins Marriage Equality Hearings","item":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/new-jersey-state-senate-begins-marriage-equality-hearings\/#breadcrumbitem"}]}]