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Article: New Jersey recognizes civil unions
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- Daily Breeze
- Article date:
- February 20, 2007
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TEANECK, N.J. -- Hundreds of gay couples were granted the same
legal rights, if not the title, as married couples Monday as New
Jersey became the third state to offer civil unions.
The civil unions, which offer the legal benefits but not the title
of marriage, were granted automatically to the hundreds of gay New
Jersey couples who had previously been joined in civil unions or
married in other states or nations.
Couples who had not been joined previously could apply for
licenses but must wait 72 hours before they can hold civil union
ceremonies, the same waiting period for weddings.
New Jersey lawmakers hastily created civil unions in December,