constitutionality of new jersey s civil union law. and new jersey s been perceived as having one of the more liberal approaches in the united states to gay marriage. see i think it is a surprising decision. and it s a surprisingly forceful decision. and certainly, advocates of gay marriage will view this as an important precedent. now, this comes a year after governor chris christie vetoed a bill to legalize same-sex marriage. his reaction to yesterday s ruling, well, he plans to appeal. in a statement from this press secretary. governor christie has always maintained he would abide by the will of the 54s on the issue of marriage equality. now he also said since the legislature refused to allow the rule expeditiously, we will let the supreme court make this decision. victor, he expects or wants this to be added to the ballot on election day. margaret conley following this from new york for us. margaret, thank you very much. i want to tell you about
protection. 20 states plus the district of colombia have legal and civil unions. those ceremonies now carry significance here and elsewhere. if they were to break up, they couldn t and they moved on and the other people couldn t enter into civil youns if they choose to do so. ken lunberg who opposes civil unions say the lawyers are the biggest ones that win here. the thing that troubles me about the civil union law is not the legal structure it sets up for two adults in colorado, it is the replacement of the concept of marriage that we understood to be one man and one woman. it gets tricky when a state recognizes a civil union and marriage and one member moves to a state that doesn t recognize
things didn t work out. she moved to colorado and found someone new but couldn t get divorced here. until this state passed a civil union law, in may that offered her protections. now on the flip side, couples who married somewhere else, then moved to colorado, now have to end it the proper way. and, they may not know that if they break up, and their relationship unfortunately end they can t just go their separate ways. they actually do have a, an entire body of law that affects them in very meaningful ways. if they were to break up, they couldn t and moved on and met other people, they couldn t enter into new civil unions with new people if they chose to do so. colorado state senator ken lundberg who opposes civil unions says lawyers are the only ones who win hire. his biggest complaint goes even further. the thing that troubles me about the civil union law is not
there are no parental rights for husband. that is so wrong. i agree it was wrong. that is the reason she lost. as public policy view don t we want fathers however they get women pregnant, don t we want them to be in the children s life? supportings financial and emotionally to be part of their lives. jon: right. there are organizations like now and lesbian groups and so forth who are saying, if a lesbian couple get as child by instreet throw fertilization. we don t want the father coming in saying we want the baby. chilling effect. again going back to the legal issues. it is about documents. then he is not going to sign an intended parent document. he will sign something saying i give up all my rights. this is just insemination and that s it. i will walk away. jon: even the ledgetor who wrote the law saying i never intended this to happen. i was going to say, about watching legislation being is like watching sausage.
together to require a valid government-issued photo i.d. to buy sudafed at your local corner drugstore. our right to vote deserves similar protection. reporter: but critics including the aclu and naacp call the bill a disaster, promising it will turn election day into a mess, filing lawsuits to try to stop the new law suggesting it is designed purely to keep blacks, young, elderly and poor away from the pours, hurtings low income voters who have hourly wage jobs and child care issues and might have a tougher time voting during a normal workday. this bill, is not about voter i.d. it is 57-pages of regressive, uncan constitutional acts to rig and manipulate elections through voter suppression. reporter: well the governor says, it is about photo i.d. and he says if anyone doesn t have one, they can get one at no