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Stop the NJ Same-Sex Marriage Bill!

On January 9th, New Jersey Senate President Steve Sweeney and Assembly Speaker Sheila Oliver announced plans to make same-sex marriage their signature initiative in 2012, fast-tracking the bill through the legislature, and setting up a showdown with Governor Christie, who has promised to veto the measure, declaring "the institution of marriage is too serious to be treated like a political football."

Despite the veto threat, gay marriage advocates are moving forward and have passed the bill out of Senate committee. They will likely have at least one Republican sign on to the bill in the Senate, and are getting very close to the simple majority needed for passage.

Please understand this: The only way to stop them is for you – and all your friends and family – to let your legislators know exactly where you stand on marriage.

Please use the form below to urge your legislators to vote no on the SSM bill, and urge your friends and family to join you in this important effort.

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Dear (recipient name),

As your constituent, I am writing to urge you to vote NO on the same-sex marriage bill pending in the Assembly and Senate.

Marriage has been a cornerstone of our society for hundreds of years, and voters in our state deserve a chance to be heard -- not just a few dozen politicians in Trenton. Marriage is too important, and impacts all of us.

For millennia, marriage has been recognized as the union of a husband and wife -- across all religious, cultural and geographical lines -- connecting children with both their mom and their dad. Marriage is rooted in a biological reality, not in bigotry or discrimination.

However we choose to address the needs of same-sex couples, we ought not attempt to redefine marriage, severing it from its role in giving children a lasting relationship with their own mother and father.

Just five years ago, New Jersey adopted civil unions, extending same-sex couples the rights and benefits of marriage. And by all accounts, civil unions are working, despite the heated rhetoric from same-sex marriage advocates. Over the past five years there have been just a handful of complaints from couples claiming they have been discriminated against because of their civil unions.

Redefining marriage impacts all of us. Already, we've seen religious groups denied property tax exemption because of their core religious beliefs about marriage. And if we redefine marriage, scholars and legal experts tell us that the conflicts will only increase.

Please vote no on the same-sex marriage bill.

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