NJ Governor Christie Hedges on Gay Marriage

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, who is know not to pull punches, has decided to hedge his bets on one of the more explosive issues in Republican Politics…Gay Marriage. Only abortion has more people up in arms than the issue of Gay Rights.

So where di Christie come down? A little to the left and a little to the right.

He had this to say,

“I’ve been very clear on my view on this since I ran for office that I’m not a supporter of same-sex marriage. But on the other hand, the fact is that this is a huge societal change that they’re talking about here and I think that we need to do this in a very deliberate and thoughtful way and get the most input from the public we can before we overturn hundreds of years of societal legal and religious tradition.”

This is the closest that Christie has come to taking up a position on Gay Marriage in the Garden State today. At the time that New York State voted to legalize Gay Marriage Christie said that if he were governor of New York he would not have signed it. Again though at the idea of it coming to New Jersey he gave a non-committal answer.

He said,

“Listen, I’m not in the hypothetical game. They’ve never been able to get it to a governor’s desk. They couldn’t get it to a governor’s desk when the governor [who] was there said he would sign it.”

It may not have to be a thorn in his side. The Democratic head of the New Jersey State Senate says he may have the votes to override if Governor Christie decides to veto the measure.

Do you think Chris Christie should veto a bill legalizing Gay Marriage?