Mary C. Jacobson

TRENTON, N.J. — Same-sex marriages can begin within days in New Jersey after the state’s highest court ruled unanimously Friday to uphold an order that they must start Monday and to deny a delay that had been sought by Gov. Chris Christie’s administration.

Gay couples will be harmed if the New Jersey Supreme Court delays a lower court’s ruling that same-sex marriage be legalized starting next week, a gay rights group said in a court filing Tuesday.

TRENTON, N.J. — The state’s highest court on Friday agreed to hear a case on whether same-sex marriage should be legal in New Jersey, and whether same-sex weddings can be performed while it decides.

TRENTON, N.J. — A single judge should not be able to force New Jersey to recognize gay marriage, Gov. Chris Christie’s administration said in a court filing Friday.