Such a vote by New Jersey citizens, as opposed to their representatives in
state government, he said, was “the only path to amend our state
constitution and the best way to resolve the issue of same-sex marriage in
our state.”
A group of 80 US mayors – including New York’s Michael Bloomberg, Chicago’s
Rahm Emanuel, Antonio Villaraigosa from Los Angeles and Annise Parker from
Houston – last month unveiled a campaign to win support for same sex
marriage.
Gay marriage was briefly authorised in California in 2008, but later banned by
a referendum rewriting the state’s constitution to restrict marriage to
unions between a man and a woman.
A US federal appeals court earlier this month declared the California ban on
same-sex marriage unconstitutional.
Opponents are expected to appeal, and the legality of same-sex marriage will
likely be decided by the US Supreme Court.
Source: agencies
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