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New Jersey Supreme Court Punts Same-Sex Marriage to Legislature

On Oct. 25, New Jersey stopped short of becoming the second state in the nation to legalize same-sex marriage by judicial fiat. The state's high court, while declaring unconstitutional state laws that deny same-sex couples the financial and social benefits and privileges given to married heterosexuals, held that fixing the problem is a legislative task ' and gave lawmakers 180 days in which to do it.

11 minute read October 25, 2006 at 04:17 PM
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Michael Booth
New Jersey Supreme Court Punts Same-Sex Marriage to Legislature

On Oct. 25, New Jersey stopped short of becoming the second state in the nation to legalize same-sex marriage by judicial fiat.

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