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New Jersey Gay Marriage Bill Ready for Chris Christie Veto

SIMI VALLEY, CA - SEPTEMBER 27: New Jersey Governor Chris Christie delivers remarks during the Perspectives on Leadership Forum at the Reagan Library on September 27, 2011 in Simi Valley, California. Influential Republicans are urging Christie to run for president and are prepared to raise money. Christie is on a Republican Party fund-raising tour with stops in Missouri and California including a speech at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)
Photo: Kevork Djansezian/2011 Getty Images

The New Jersey Assembly followed the State Senate today and approved a bill legalizing same-sex marriage, as expected, by a vote of 41-33. Even less surprising will be Governor Chris Christie’s planned veto of the legislation, which he has promised will come in the form of “very swift action“; Christie has said he would prefer the law be put to a referendum. An override of the governor’s veto would require a two-thirds majority in each chamber, thereby requiring Republican support. Or Christie could shock the world and have a sudden change of heart! Who wants to be president anyway?

NJ Gay Marriage Bill Ready for Christie Veto