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Apr 16, 2007
Quickie Link: New Jersey Same-Sex Couples Deal With Obstacles
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By vanrozenheim
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(Newark, USA) - Almost two months after a law went into effect allowing same-sex couples to enter into civil unions, some couples say they are being denied health care coverage. Civil unions offer gay couples the legal benefits of marriage _ but not the title. New Jersey lawmakers last December passed legislation allowing civil unions in response to a state Supreme Court ruling two months earlier that said it was unconstitutional to deny same-sex couples access to the protections of marriage.
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