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Article: NEW JERSEY APPROVE GAY CIVIL UNIONS\ BECOMES THIRD STATE TO DO SO.(News)
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- The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH)
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- December 15, 2006
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Byline: Ellen Barry Los Angeles Times
NEW YORK -- Ordered by the state Supreme Court to allow gay marriage or create a legal equivalent, New Jersey lawmakers on Thursday chose to allow civil unions, making New Jersey the third state to do so.
Vermont and Connecticut allow civil unions, which include all the legal rights of marriage. Massachusetts is the only state that allows gay couples to marry.
Seven weeks ago, New Jersey's Supreme Court ruled by a 4 to 3 margin that gay couples are constitutionally guaranteed the benefits of marriage. But the majority ruling left it to legislators to resolve the thorny question of whether to call their ...