Christian (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} chmblspuzz) wrote,@ 2006-10-25 17:23:00 |
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People can say what they want (and often do) about my home state of New Jersey, but today has only made me that much prouder that I'm from a sane, progressive state.
It would have been better for them to not leave it to the legislature whether or not to call it "marriage" officially, but *applauds* allthesame.
"Denying committed same-sex couples the financial and social benefits and privileges given to their married heterosexual counterparts bears no substantial relationship to a legitimate governmental purpose. The Court holds that under the equal protection guarantee of Article I, Paragraph 1 of the New Jersey Constitution, committed same-sex couples must be afforded on equal terms the same rights and benefits enjoyed by opposite-sex couples under the civil marriage statutes. The name to be given to the statutory scheme that provides full rights and benefits to same sex couples, whether marriage or some other term, is a matter left to the democratic process."
It would have been better for them to not leave it to the legislature whether or not to call it "marriage" officially, but *applauds* allthesame.
