Same-Sex Marriage

Prior to New Jersey legalizing same-sex marriage, New Jersey enacted the Civil Union bill which legally recognized the union of two individuals of the same sex. As a result, couples of the same sex were provided the right to enter into legal relationships and, were...

Presently, in New Jersey, same-sex couples may marry each other.  On September 27, 2013, a New Jersey Superior Court Judge ruled in the case of Garden State Equality v. Dow that not allowing same-sex couples the option to marry deprives them of their right to share in...