BREAKING: NJ Judge Says Same-Sex Marriage Will Begin Oct 21st in Light of DOMA Decision.

[ProSense]

BREAKING: NJ Judge Says Same-Sex Marriage Will Begin Oct 21st in Light of DOMA Decision.

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ALERT: TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - NJ judge rules state must allow gay couples to marry in light of US Supreme Court ruling.
2:49 PM - 27 Sep 2013

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BREAKING: NJ judge rules state must allow gay couples to marry in light of US Supreme Court ruling.
2:48 PM - 27 Sep 2013

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Judge Mary Jacobson of the Mercer County Superior Court ruled Friday that gay couples can marry in the Garden State starting October 21.

"This unequal treatment requires that New Jersey extend civil marriage to same-sex couples to satisfy equal protection guarantees of the New Jersey Constitution as interpreted by the New Jersey Supreme Court in Lewis," wrote the judge. "Same-sex couples must be allowed to marry in order to obtain equal protection of the law under the New Jersey Constitution."

Jacobson said she made her decision in light of the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling on United States v. Windsor, but the ruling is likely to be appealed.

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http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/09/27/1241890/-BREAKING-NJ-Judge-Says-Same-Sex-Marriage-Must-be-Permitted-in-Light-of-DOMA-Decision

Ten Years Later, 85 Percent Of Massachusetts Voters Say No Harm From Marriage Equality

By Josh Israel

When the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled in 2003 that same-sex couples had a right to marriage equality under the state’s constitution, critics claimed the ruling would have chilling effects on society. But ten years later, a new poll shows that 85 percent of Bay State voters say the ruling has had either a positive or neutral effect on their lives.

One Massachusetts resident told the Boston Globe after the 2003 ruling, that it was “four judges basically turning society inside out with no input from anybody else.” Catholic League president William Donohue warned that the decision opened the door to incestuous marriage and polygamy.

But marriage equality has not turned society inside out, nor has the promised parade of horribles has not come to pass. Massachusetts now has the lowest divorce rate in the nation, same-sex families now enjoy full legal protections, and the Boston Red Sox have the best record in Major League Baseball.

And even 66 percent of Massachusetts Republicans concede marriage equality has had no negative effect on them. According to the PPP poll, Massachusetts voters now support same-sex marriage by an overwhelming 60 to 29 percent margin.

http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2013/09/27/2691621/marriage-massachusetts-ten-years/

U.S. joins other nations in declaring LGBT commitment at UN
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023737724

[ProSense]

1. Kick! n/t

[joeybee12]

2. knr

[Cha]

3. Thanks ProSense and thank you, Judge Mary Jacobson!

[JackBeck]

4. I am shaking right now. I've worked very hard on this since 2009.

There's a rally at the Garden State Equality office tonight at 7pm for any locals who see this.

[arcane1]

5. "66 percent of MA Republicans concede marriage equality has had no negative effect on them"

I'm curious to hear what the 44 percent claim as an "effect"

[LeftofObama]

6. I was posting to ask the same thing.

Except it's 34% not 44%.

[arcane1]

7. Oops, busted!

I wish you had asked first

[LeftofObama]

8. LOL!

Hey, we all get one!

[NuclearDem]

9. Good news!

[Robbins]

10. NJ

Another state one step closer to having equality for all.

The right wing Is going to have a meltdown.

[Warren DeMontague]

11. No wonder God is punishing that state with a plague of Testicle-Eating Fish.

See? See? I hope you're happy.




ps. I'm kidding. Good for NJ.

[William769]

12. Kick & recommended.