New Jersey Same-Sex Weddings Must Be Allowed, Judge Rules
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Same-sex couples in New Jersey must be allowed to marry because the state’s current civil-union law doesn’t offer them equal protection, a judge ruled.
Superior Court Judge Mary Jacobson ruled today in Trenton that she “will order the state to permit any and all same-sex marriages.” Unless the ruling is blocked, it would take effect Oct. 21, making New Jersey the 14th state to allow gay marriages along with the District of Columbia.