New Jersey Judge Rules State Must Allow Gay Marriage

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http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/28/ny...-marriage.html

A New Jersey judge ruled on Friday that the state must allow same-sex couples to marry, finding that failing to do so deprives them of rights that are now guaranteed by the federal government following a ruling by the Supreme Court in June.

“The ineligibility of same-sex couples for federal benefits is currently harming same-sex couples in New Jersey in a wide range of contexts,” wrote the judge, Mary C. Jacobson of State Superior Court in Mercer County. “Same-sex couples must be allowed to marry in order to obtain equal protection of the law under the New Jersey Constitution.”

For instance, Judge Jacobson wrote, civil union partners who are federal employees living in the state are not eligible for benefits stipulated in the federal pension system.

Couples in civil unions also may not enjoy the same federal tax benefits as married couples or the protections of the Family Medical Leave Act, she wrote.

[jimnyc]

Government should get out of the marriage business. Let queers do whatever it is they feel they must do in order to be lawfully joined together. They will always be looked at as "gay marriages" anyway and not simply marriage. They want equality in the sense of acceptance, which they aren't going to get. If they let the voters votes actually count, then it would be banned already in over 30 states and only legalized by the people in a couple.

[fj1200]

A New Jersey judge ruled on Friday that the state must allow same-sex couples to marry, finding that failing to do so deprives them of rights that are now guaranteed by the federal government following a ruling by the Supreme Court in June.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/28/nyregion/new-jersey-judge-rules-state-must-allow-gay-marriage.html

I don't recall the decision saying that exactly. Not yet anyway.