The New Jersey State Senate Judiciary Committee has voted late tonight by a 7-6 margin to approve the Same Gender Marriage Bill.
The Bill goes to the full Senate for a vote on Thursday. Please call your elected officials to voice your opposition to S-1967.
There several reasons to oppose this Bill.
First, the institution of marriage between one man and one woman is something that has existed from the beginning of Creation. The Jewish Religion believes a strong family unit is the bedrock of our society. To create a new norm at the expense of our beliefs, and forcing us to accept it, is wrong.
Second, the Bill does not contain sufficient Religious exemptions. Every Religious individual, institution, organization and society is at risk of being sued for Civil Rights discrimination, losing their Property Tax exemptions and facing severe penalties. The Religious liberties of any faith based individual will be at risk for failure to comply with this Bill.
Third, if the Legislature is so convinced that this is an issue that requires a new law, place it on the ballot through a State wide referendum and let the voters decide.
Please call your State Senator to voice your opposition to S-1967. Even if your Legislator is a considered to be a certain “Yes” or “No” vote, they should still be called to let them know the will of their constituents. Below is a list of key Senators and the Orthodox communities in their district:
Senator James Beach Democrat – Cherry Hill
District Office: 1916 Route 70 East, Suite 3, Cherry Hill, NJ 08003 (856) 489-3442
Senator Jennifer Beck Republican – Manalapan, Marlboro, Twin Rivers
District Office: 32 Monmouth St., 3rd Floor, Red Bank, NJ 07701 (732) 933-1591
Senator Anthony R. Bucco Republican – Morristown
District Office: 75 Bloomfield Ave., Suite 302, 3rd Floor, Denville, NJ 07834 (973) 627-9700
Senator Barbara Buono Democrat – East Brunswick, Edison
District Office: Two Lincoln Highway, Suite 401, Edison, NJ 08820 (732) 205-1372
Senator Richard J. Codey Democrat – Livingston, West Orange
District Office: 449 Mount Pleasant Ave., West Orange, NJ 07052 (973) 731-6770
Senator Nia H. Gill, Esq. Democrat – Clifton
District Office: 425 Bloomfield Avenue, 2nd Floor, Montclair, NJ 07042 (973) 509-0388
Senator Robert M. Gordon Democrat – Fairlawn, Fort Lee
District Office: 14-25 Plaza Rd., P.O. Box 398, Fair Lawn, NJ 07410 (201) 703-9779
Senator Sean T. Kean Republican – Deal, Long Branch, West Long Branch
District Office: 1955 Highway 34, Bldg. 2A, Wall Township, NJ 07719 (732) 974-0400
Senator Raymond J. Lesniak Democrat – Elizabeth
District Office: 985 Stuyvesant Ave., Union, NJ 07083 (908) 624-0880
Senator Paul A. Sarlo Democrat – Passaic
District Office: 207 Hackensack St., 2nd Floor, Wood-Ridge, NJ 07075 (201) 804-8118
Senator Nicholas P. Scutari Democrat – Linden
District Office: 1514 E. Saint Georges Ave., 2nd Floor, Linden, NJ 07036 (908) 587-0404
Senator Robert W. Singer Republican – Lakewood, Roosevelt
District Office: 2110 W. County Line Rd., Jackson, NJ 08527 (732) 901-0702
Senator Bob Smith Democrat – Highland Park
District Office: 216 Stelton Rd., Suite E-5, Piscataway, NJ 08854 (732) 752-0770
Senator Brian P. Stack Democrat – Union City
District Office: 5801 Palisade Ave., West New York, NJ 07093 (201) 861-5091
District Office: 301 45th St., 1st Floor, Union City, NJ 07087 (201) 558-7926
Senator Shirley K. Turner Democrat – Lawrenceville
District Office: 1440 Pennington Rd., Trenton, NJ 08618 (609) 530-3277
Senator Loretta Weinberg Democrat – Bergenfield, Englewood, Paramus, Teaneck
District Office: 545 Cedar Lane, Teaneck, NJ 07666 (201) 928-0100
Senator Jim Whelan Democrat – Atlantic City, Ventnor
District Office: 511 Tilton Rd., Northfield, NJ 08225 (609) 383-1388
Thank you for your efforts. With Siyata Dishmaya this Bill will be defeated.
Josh Pruzansky
Director
Agudath Israel of New Jersey
{Matzav.com Newscenter}
Excellent article.
The author successfully stresses
the importance of understanding the
unpleasant consequences which can result
from apathy about this issue.
Some glasses are a toieva!
Call every elected official and offer him/her the following irrefutable argument:
Ask him/her if he/she agrees that incest is immoral and should not be afford the same protections under the law and be considered marriage. He/she will surely agree.
Ask him/her, “what’s the difference between incest and toieva unions? – Aren’t they both consenting adults!”
There is no answer to this question, other than incest is immoral as a judeo-christian value from time immemorial – and so is toieva.
If he/she balks – ask him/her to publicly state that incest between consenting adults should be afforded the same protections and be considered marriage as well.
Check mate! Even an atheist can’t beat this one!
It’s self understood that Gary Shaer will not vote against it.
Kol Hakovod,
Rabbi Pruzansky is one of the Agudas group of rising stars in our community. He is smart, humble and a real Ben Torah. Follow his advice and lets create a kiddush Hashem.
AVAL ASHEIMIM ANACHNU Why do we vote for these clowns in the first place
Called every one and left a message.
We seem to want it both ways. we vote them into office knowing were they stand on the issue, and then wonder why they vote that way. shame on us
Send those politicians a strong
reminder that their job is to take
care of the economy and provide for
law enforcement to protect citizens.
Why on earth are these clowns
bickering about deviant same-gender
partnerships? This is insanity.
These politicians should start
listening to the majority of the
electorate who are disgusted with
deviant fanatics who want to redefine
and destroy normal marriage
as an institution.
Weinberg is the chief backer of the toeivah bill. She was on WNYC radio this morning promoting it.
The toeivah crowd are trying to intimidate people to support their shmutz bill with strong arm tactics, such as gathering huge numbers of people at the legislative chambers to speak for it and making much noise. They did the same in NY. This after they prepared the ground with their propaganda for it in recent years, by claiming that it is about rights, equality, fairness, etc.
The decent people must stand up and say no to toeivah terrorism. Tell them to take their shmutz bill and eat it.
Their bill is not about rights and equality. It is about trashing millenia of tradition, rebelling against G-d, and getting special status for their abomination. Why is polygamy banned? Maybe that should be allowed too? They want special status for their toeivah, that’s it.