Following several hours of impassioned debate, New Jersey's Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday allowed a same-sex "marriage" bill to continue to the full Senate for a vote as early as Thursday.
State lawmakers voted 7-6 Monday evening to give the green light to the bill in hopes that it will reach the desk of Democrat Gov. Jon Corzine before he leaves office in six weeks. Corzine, a same-sex "marriage" advocate, will be replaced in January by Republican Chris Christie, who has vowed to veto any such legislation....