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Article: LEGISLATURE CLEARS NEW JERSEY CIVIL UNION BILL
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- December 14, 2006
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The National Gay & Lesbian Task Force issued the following news release:
The New Jersey Legislature today passed a civil union bill by wide margins. The measure now moves to the governor's desk, and Gov. Corzine has said he will sign the bill into law. The voluminous bill, introduced just 10 days ago, was pushed on to the floor of the houses of the Legislature with scant public review. The measure is in response to an Oct. 25 state Supreme Court ruling requiring New Jersey to extend the same rights and responsibilities of marriage to same-sex couples within 180 days. In its ruling, the court left it to legislators to determine whether same-sex unions were to be labeled "marriage" or ...