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Article: Gay duos granted civil unions in N.J.
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- Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
- 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.
More than a dozen other couples applied for licenses for
ceremonies later in the week.
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 as for weddings.
Several, like Marty ...