As Newark mayor Booker was noted for refusing to allow any straight marriages until [[gay marriage]] was "legalized;"<ref>http://swampland.time.com/2013/10/18/booker-looking-to-wed-same-sex-couples-before-taking-senate-seat/</ref> Booker adamantly opposed a [[democracy|democratic]] [[referendum]] on the issue.<ref>[https://articles.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2012/01/newark_mayor_cory_booker_again.amp]</ref> After a victory in the courts, then Senator-elect Booker presided over New Jersey's first gay wedding.<ref>http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/cory-booker-presides-weddings-time-article-1.1491284</ref> | As Newark mayor Booker was noted for refusing to allow any straight marriages until [[gay marriage]] was "legalized;"<ref>http://swampland.time.com/2013/10/18/booker-looking-to-wed-same-sex-couples-before-taking-senate-seat/</ref> Booker adamantly opposed a [[democracy|democratic]] [[referendum]] on the issue.<ref>[https://articles.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2012/01/newark_mayor_cory_booker_again.amp]</ref> After a victory in the courts, then Senator-elect Booker presided over New Jersey's first gay wedding.<ref>http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/cory-booker-presides-weddings-time-article-1.1491284</ref> |