# NJ has joined the 'axis of evil' on rights for same-sex couples. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 26, 2006, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nj-has-joined-the-axis-of-evil-on-rights-for-same-sex-couples/377932 "2006-10-26T02:07:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nj-has-joined-the-axis-of-evil-on-rights-for-same-sex-couples/377932/21 "2006-10-26T14:50:47Z")
As a clearing house for this popular issue: Four threads concerning it in three forums. [NJ Supreme Court allows gay marriage](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=393661) by \*\*Oakminster \*\* in Great Debates [NJ has joined the ‘axis of evil’ on rights for same-sex couples](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=393684). by **What Exit?** in IMHO. [I hate being a political football.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=393604) by \*\*Jeeves \*\* in MPSIMS. [NJ Supreme court approves gay marriages](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=393636) by \*\*Antinor01 \*\* in MPSIMS Jim ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nj-has-joined-the-axis-of-evil-on-rights-for-same-sex-couples/377932/22 "2006-10-26T16:40:44Z")
Will the gays be able to pump their own gas now? ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nj-has-joined-the-axis-of-evil-on-rights-for-same-sex-couples/377932/23 "2006-10-26T16:58:57Z")
[QUOTE=control-z] Will the gays be able to pump their own gas now? [/QUOTE] Heathen. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nj-has-joined-the-axis-of-evil-on-rights-for-same-sex-couples/377932/24 "2006-10-26T18:00:50Z")
[QUOTE=matt\_mcl] If I feel like sticking it to the man, I think I’ll go to a protest… [/QUOTE] …or out to the bars, depending. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nj-has-joined-the-axis-of-evil-on-rights-for-same-sex-couples/377932/25 "2006-10-26T18:16:33Z")
[QUOTE=control-z] Will the gays be able to pump their own gas now? [/QUOTE] Absolutely not. We have some standards in this state after all. We are not some deceived anarchists who think pumping gas is a privilege and not “The Man” putting another burden upon us. 😉 Jim ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2006, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nj-has-joined-the-axis-of-evil-on-rights-for-same-sex-couples/377932/26 "2006-10-27T03:45:29Z")
[QUOTE=Miller] …or out to the bars, depending. [/QUOTE] You don’t know the kind of protests I attend 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2006, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nj-has-joined-the-axis-of-evil-on-rights-for-same-sex-couples/377932/27 "2006-10-27T13:40:25Z")
Gay #1: “I have some good news and some bad new. Which would would you like to hear first?” Gay #2: “The good news!” Gay #1: “We can finally get married.” Gay #2: “That’s awesome! So what’s the bad news?” Gay #1: “We’re going to have to go to New Jersey.” ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2006, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nj-has-joined-the-axis-of-evil-on-rights-for-same-sex-couples/377932/28 "2006-10-27T13:55:54Z")
[QUOTE=Hampshire] Gay #1: “I have some good news and some bad new. Which would would you like to hear first?” Gay #2: “The good news!” Gay #1: “We can finally get married.” Gay #2: “That’s awesome! So what’s the bad news?” Gay #1: “We’re going to have to go to New Jersey.” [/QUOTE] Hey, Wiseguy, watch it. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2006, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nj-has-joined-the-axis-of-evil-on-rights-for-same-sex-couples/377932/29 "2006-10-27T14:25:21Z")
[QUOTE=What Exit?] Hey, Wiseguy, watch it. 😉 [/QUOTE] Wiseguys can’t be gay! Don’t you watch the New Jersey News, aka _The Sopranos_. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nj-has-joined-the-axis-of-evil-on-rights-for-same-sex-couples/377932.md?page=1)