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Dec 21, 2006
Quickie Link: N.J.: Same-sex unions OK; marriage out of the question
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By vanrozenheim
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(TRENTON, New Jersey, USA) - New Jersey's governor signed legislation Thursday giving gay couples all the rights and responsibilities of marriage allowed under state law - but not the title. The Legislature passed the civil unions bill on December 14 in response to a state Supreme Court order that gay couples be granted the same rights as married couples. The court in October gave lawmakers six months to act but left it to them to decide whether to call the unions "marriage" or something else.
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