In a stunning vote today, the NJ Legislature, both the Senate & the Assembly, voted 226-12 to ban homosexuals from NJ. The bill is expected to be signed by the Governor early next week.
The bill has no effect on those homosexuals who already live in NJ - they have been "grandfathered" in. However, any homosexuals who move to NJ after the bill has been signed by the Governor must declare their sexual orientation to be eligible for NJ State welfare, food coupons & other benefits. The bill is weakened by its "don't ask, don't tell" policy, so that homosexuals who do not declare their sexual orientation will likely slip into the bureaucracy undetected. An Assembly committee has been established to find a way to plug this loophole.
Assemblyman Harvey Milk (D-Hudson), who sponsored the bill, hopes that through this measure NJ will become a more family oriented state. "We are tired of being the butt of gay jokes", he said. "We really are a family-loving state & this needs to be demonstrated." However, the ACLU has vowed to fight the legality of such a measure & plans to take the case to the U.S. Supreme Court if need be.
We would prefer if the NJ Legislature put more effort into stopping the 6 trillion trucks that come into NJ every day, clogging our highways & polluting the Garden State. We'd rather be pink than polluted.
....from sea to shining sea