A Separate But Equal Ruling for Gay Marriage [1]

By : VZ on Oct 27, 2006 - 01:59 AM
EqualMarriage [2]
(New Jersey, USA) The Supreme Court of New Jersey has ruled in favor of gay marriage, sort of. By a vote of 4 to 3, the court says the state must afford gay couples all the “rights and benefits” that straight couples have under the law. But the majority punted on the question of what to call gay marriages. If it doesn’t want to call them marriages, the legislature is free to come up with a term of its choosing for committed gay relationships.

Note: Read full article on Time.com [3];
+ Commentary by Doug Ireland [4]
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  [1] http://gayrepublic.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=81&lead=1
  [2] http://gayrepublic.org/index.php?name=News&catid=&topic=3&lead=1
  [3] http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1550838,00.html
  [4] http://direland.typepad.com/direland/2006/10/half_a_loaf_the.html
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