Here's video of NJ Governor Chris Chirstie's speech yesterday in which he called himself "magnanimous" for calling for a popular vote on gay civil rights, via Think Progress LGBT.
Said Christie:
Put it on the ballot, let it be voted on….I’ve told every Republican in the state legislator to vote to put it on the ballot. They need three-fifths to put it on the ballot. The Republicans have two-fifths in the legislature. So that means the Democrats only need to come up with one-fifth of the legislature…this is the bargain of your life. I’m giving you two-fifths! And the polls they show me say that if it goes on the ballot, it will lose. How much more magnanimous can I be? What else do you want me to do? Go campaign for it too? Look, I’m doing the best I can here!
Watch, AFTER THE JUMP...