Gay-Marriage Fight Heads to New Jersey

Nov 6th, 2009 - Wall Street Journal

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Gay-Marriage Fight Heads to New Jersey

The battle over gay rights will move to New Jersey and the federal government, advocates said, after Tuesday's narrow rejection of same-sex marriage by Maine voters in a hard-fought contest.

The Democrat-controlled legislature in New Jersey, which currently recognizes same-sex couples in civil unions, is under pressure to pass a bill authorizing gay marriage before Gov. Jon Corzine ends his term in mid-January.

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