Yesterday I did a post about how the Republican Establishment manipulates social conservatives by using Red Meat social issues. Chris Christie who is the Establishment’s favorite for 2016 is following down the same path as other Establishment types the last 21 years. A New Jersey judge ruled that Gays can get married, Christie has filed an appeal to stop this ruling.
TRENTON — A state judge today ruled to legalize same-sex marriage in New Jersey, saying gay couples would be denied federal benefits if the state kept allowing only civil unions.
Superior Court Judge Mary Jacobson granted an emergency request by six gay couples, ordering state officials to begin officiating same-sex marriages on Oct. 21.
“Same-sex couples must be allowed to marry in order to obtain equal protection of the law under the New Jersey constitution,” the judge wrote in a 53-page opinion.
But Gov. Chris Christie, who opposes gay marriage, vowed today to appeal the ruling all the way to the state Supreme Court.
Chris Christie is opposing Gay Marriage not out of conviction, but out of cynicism. He is using this issue to appeal to social conservatives the same way other Establishment types had. Judging from history, it works but I hope social conservatives realize they are being played.
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