Good take by Slade Sohmer on the Chris Christie NJ Gay Marriage simmering showdown

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Here’s Christie’s half-baked thought process on the veto: Any vote on same-sex marriage ultimately belongs to the residents of New Jersey, not the 120 lawmakers and the governor.

But passing such legislation is the very job of the state’s representatives. Using Christie’s ill logic, why stop at marriage equality — shouldn’t all laws derive from a popular vote then? If the New Jersey Legislature cannot be trusted to vote on this issue, what good are they? Why are they even living and voting in Trenton? And, the most important rhetorical question here, if ANY legislation should be in the hands of lawmakers and not the people, shouldn’t it be a law that explicitly protects the rights of a minority against the fickle will of the majority?

Full article: http://hypervocal.com/news/2012/chris-christie-cold-calculated-coward/