Cuomo Stays Quiet on Christie's Plan to Put Gay Marriage on Ballot ALBANY - Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo is not about to get in a fight with his New Jersey counterpart, Chris Christie, over same-sex marriage. But football is another story. Mr. Cuomo, who pressed Albany lawmakers last year to approve legislation allowing gay couples to wed, on Thursday said that he would not object to Mr. Christie's proposal for a ballot question to let New Jersey voters decide whether to legalize same-sex marriage. "I'm not saying a referendum is right or wrong," Mr. Cuomo said after meeting with his cabinet at the Capitol. Each state makes their own decision, and each legislature makes their own decision. I think we made the right decision here in New York, and I think, as it turned out, it's borne that out. Mr. Cuomo drew attention in October, when in a speech to the Empire State Pride Agenda he called on every other state to follow New York's lead by legalizing same-sex marriage, saying, "Otherwise, no state really has marriage equality, and we will not rest until it is a reality." But asked on Thursday whether he was satisfied with the approach taken by Mr. Christie, a Republican, Mr. Cuomo, a Democrat, did not seem to want to get involved. "I don't think it's for me to say," he said. I mean, in each state - it'll be up to his legislature if they want to pursue this course, and I'll leave it to them to make a decision for their state. Mr. Cuomo was far less reticent when it came to football. He jabbed at Mr. Christie for referring to the Super Bowl-bound New York Giants, who play their home games in East Rutherford, N.J., as the New Jersey Giants. "He should read their helmets: "New York Giants,"" Mr. Cuomo quipped. The governor also took a shot at the Giants" Super Bowl opponent, the New England Patriots. He said he informed Gov. Deval Patrick of Massachusetts that he would wager anything Mr. Patrick wanted over the game - and then raised a question of his own about the team, which hails from Foxborough, Mass. Isn't it interesting that no specific state identifies with the team? Mr. Cuomo said. Why didn't Massachusetts say, it's our team? Massachusetts Patriots. Vermont Patriots. New Hampshire Patriots. They all have semi-deniability. That's what I think this is.