National groups that have led successful fights on behalf of gay marriage in other states are setting their sights on New Jersey, armed with Republican donors and Wall Street executives who will be opening their wallets for the effort.

It is the first time prominent national groups that fund efforts for same-sex nuptials—such as the American Unity Fund and Gill Action Fund—will be involved in a coordinated campaign in New Jersey. Individual financiers who helped bankroll New York’s push to pass gay marriage in 2011 are also expected to contribute.

“We will make sure things will be well-funded, and they will be well-funded in New Jersey,” said David TepperT.J.B., a hedge-fund manager overseeing Appaloosa Management and a New Jersey resident. Mr. Tepper, who is a Democrat, also lent financial backing to the push to pass gay marriage in New York.

The “New Jersey United for Marriage” campaign intends to target Republican legislators to vote for an override of Republican Gov. Chris Christie’s veto last year of a bill allowing for same sex marriage in New Jersey.[color="Red"](Could this be the real reason behind that bridge scandal nobody cares about but the media?) Lawmakers need to pull in the support of three senators and 12 Assembly members for an override of Mr. Christie’s veto.

The campaign—scheduled to be announced Wednesday at a news conference in Asbury Park—is run by the state’s leading gay-advocacy group, Garden State Equality, and the American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey. The national gay-advocacy groups Freedom to Marry, Human Rights Campaign and Lambda Legal are also partners, along with American Unity and Gill Action.

Assembly Republican Leader Jon Bramnick said he still believed putting the issue on the ballot was the best option—as Mr. Christie also has advocated—but was watching how the state court would rule on the pending gay marriage case.

Jeremy Rosen, a spokesman for the Senate Republicans, said that their caucus also supported a public vote, but members “will continue to vote their consciences and represent their legislative districts.”

The involvement of prominent Republicans in the push for gay marriage presents a wrinkle for Mr. Christie, who is running for a second term in the fall and is seen by many as a GOP presidential contender in 2016.

The American Unity Fund was started earlier this year by some of the top Republican donors in the U.S. specifically to encourage GOP legislators to back gay rights. Paul Singer:jew:, a New York Republican who runs the Elliott Management hedge fund, founded the nonprofit. Mr. Singer was one of a number of influential Republicans who urged Mr. Christie to run for president last year and donated at least $6,800 to his campaign for governor in 2009, campaign filings show.

Other leading supporters from the financial world include Clifford Asness:jew:, Seth Klarman:jew:, David Herro and Daniel Loeb:jew:—all of whom are investors or run hedge funds worth billions of dollars. American Unity has raised $2.3 million so far for its efforts across the country. “There’s a diversity of opinions in the Republican Party on this issue,” said Jeff Cook-McCormac, the fund’s senior adviser. “There’s a clear trajectory for where this issue is going.”

http://www.americanunityfund.com/wsj-gay-marriage-push-is-planned-in-new-jersey/

Now, how was any grass roots campaigns which would speak for the people supposed to compete with billion dollar campaigns?

This story is a little old, so the issue is settled in NJ since some judge was (probably) paid off to say that faggot matrimony is a go regardless of what elected representatives said or how the people of New Jersey might have voted. You just can't beat a rigged system.