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New Jersey Committee To Take Up Marriage Equality Bill Next Tuesday | The New Jersey Senate Judiciary Committee is expected to consider and vote on a bill extending marriage equality to gays and lesbians next Tuesday, Freedom to Marry is reporting. New Jersey Senate President Stephen Sweeney (D) has said he expects the Senate to vote on the measure by March and the bill will likely emerge from both houses of the legislature. Marriage equality faces an obstacle in Gov. Chris Christie (R), however, who supports the state’s existing civil unions law, but opposes full marriage rights.