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发帖数: 4174 | 1 Posted on Advocate.com June 29, 2011 08:55:00 AM ET
Gay Couples to File Marriage Lawsuit in New Jersey
By Julie Bolcer
Seven gay and lesbian couples plan to file a lawsuit in New Jersey state
court Wednesday arguing that the civil union law fails to provide the same
legal protections as marriage.
The couples will file suit along with Garden State Equality and Lambda Legal
in Trenton Wednesday morning. Their move comes less than one week after
neighboring New York passed a marriage equality law that will take effect
July 24, and it represents the latest step in a long legal and legislative
battle.
According to the Associated Press, which withheld details of the lawsuit, “
One man says he was denied being able to make urgent medical decisions for
his partner. Another saw his partner and children's health insurance
canceled by a skeptical auditor. One woman had to jump through legal hoops
to adopt the baby of her civil union.”
New Jersey governor Chris Christie, a Republican, opposes marriage equality,
and he reiterated this week that he would veto any bill presented him by
the Democratic-controlled legislature. An effort to pass a marriage equality
law stalled in the in legislature in 2010 right before Christie took office
. This month Senate president Stephen Sweeney, a Democrat, apologized for
abstaining on the marriage equality vote and called it a political
calculation.
Civil unions became law in New Jersey after the top court ordered lawmakers
to extend equal legal rights and protections to same-sex couples in late
2006. Advocates attempted to have the state Supreme Court take up their
original case, but that request was denied, resulting in the latest lawsuit. | g********d
发帖数: 4174 | | g********d
发帖数: 4174 | 3 我对这个案子很有兴趣，相信它能很好的解释为什么CU不行，一定要MARRIAGE。 |
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