The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that same sex couples are entitled to the same civil rights as opposite sex couples!
However, they did give the NJ State Legislature 180 days to figure out how to do that, and from the news articles, appear to allow for the possibility of “civil unions” with the same legal rights and responsibilities as marriage for straight people.
Here’s the full decision (pdf).
Author: Cheryl Dumesnil and Alan Shannon
A freelance writer and writing coach, Cheryl Dumesnil likes nothing more than laughing at the crazy things her kids say. Her books include a memoir,
Love Song for Baby X: How I Stayed (Almost) Sane on the Rocky Road to Parenthood; a collection of poems,
In Praise of Falling; the anthology
Hitched! Wedding Stories from San Francisco City Hall; and the anthology
Dorothy Parker’s Elbow: Tattoos on Writers, Writers on Tattoos, co-edited with Kim Addonizio. When she’s not writing or teaching, Cheryl’s hiking, yoga-ing, begging her children to stop the potty talk
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I’m often hard pressed to say much about New Jersey…(no offense, of course)
but…YAY!
Yay! Another state sees reason!
PHEW – as we get closer to adopting our little boy we feel a small sigh of relief. And breathing is always a good thing!