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Article: NJ couple rings in new law with state's first same-sex marriage; The same pair had a civil union recognized in Vermont in 2002
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- Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)
- Article date:
- February 20, 2007
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TEANECK, N.J. - Just minutes after New Jersey's civil union law
went into effect Monday morning, Steven Goldstein and Daniel Gross,
of Teaneck, became the first same-sex couple to be granted all the
state's legal rights of marriage.
The two men, together for 14 years, stood before two dozen friends
- and nearly as many reporters, television cameras and photographers -
to herald in the new law, while also pointing out its shortcomings.
"Do you, Steven, agree to be legally joined with Daniel under the
Civil Union Law of the state of New Jersey?" asked Teaneck Deputy
Mayor Lizette Parker.
"I do," said Goldstein, who heads the state's leading gay-rights
organization. His partner's promise ...