Three Cheers for New Jersey

New Jersey has just passed two gay rights bills, which the governor is expected to sign. Both apparently allow gay couples to have similar rights to married couples, one in the area of inheritence and the other for making funeral arrangements. It passed the house 67-6 and the senate 39-0. Expect tonight's weather report on the 700 Club to show a major hurricane headed toward the Garden State.

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Since hurricane season is over and my area in PA is expecting some snow on Saturday, expect for Pat to call for a significant amount of snowfall soon. Significant being anything greater than 3 snowflakes :p

They also passed a moratorium on capital punishment! It seems there are som sensible legislators in NJ!

/Soren

By Soren Kongstad (not verified) on 10 Jan 2006 #permalink