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NJ Governor nominates openly gay mayor to state Supreme Court
TRENTON, N.J. — New Jersey Governor Chris Christie on Monday nominated Bruce Harris, an openly gay African-American Republican mayor, to the state’s Supreme Court.
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NJ judge: Lawsuit seeking same-sex marriage over civil unions can proceed
TRENTON, N.J. — A New Jersey Superior Court judge on Friday ruled that a lawsuit filed by the state’s largest LGBT advocacy group, which seeks to force the state to recognize same-sex marriage, can go forward.
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Seven gay couples sue NJ demanding civil unions be recognized as marriage
Seven gay and lesbian couples have joined with LGBT advocacy groups Garden State Equality and Lambda Legal on Wednesday in filing suit against the state of New Jersey demanding their partnerships be recognized as marriages, not as civil unions.
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NJ gay marriage advocates taking their case back to state supreme court
New Jersey gays rights advocates, with the help of New York-based Lambda Legal, are going back to the New Jersey Supreme Court in order to fight for the right to marry in the Garden State. Lambda Legal and Garden State Equality have scheduled a new conference for Thursday morning in Trenton to announce their action. […]
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NJ gay rights group halts political party donations, citing gay marriage defeat
New Jersey’s largest gay rights group is suspending donations to political parties after feeling spurned by Democratic lawmakers who did not pass a gay marriage bill. In a statement released Monday, Garden State Equality said it will now contribute only to individual candidates and pro-LGBT non-party organizations: Sending a bold signal that no political party […]