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Article: Report says civil unions have '2nd class' status
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- The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
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- February 17, 2008
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GEOFF MULVIHILL, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
02-17-2008
Report says civil unions have '2nd class' status -- Gay couples in N.J. missing out on some benefits
By GEOFF MULVIHILL, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Date: 02-17-2008, Sunday
Section: NEWS
Edtion: All Editions
MOUNT LAUREL — A commission established to study same-sex civil unions in New Jersey has found in its first report that civil unions create a "second-class status" for gay couples rather than giving them equality.
The report stops short of recommending that the state allow gay marriage. But it does find that gay couples in Massachusetts, the only state that now allows gay marriage, do not experience some of the ...