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Wedding Bells Could Ring Soon for Same-Sex Couples in Garden State

State's highest court poised to rule on judge's order that state license gay marriages starting Monday

Same-sex marriages could begin in New Jersey as early as Monday, as the state Supreme Court is poised to rule on a lower court’s assertion that further delay would violate the equal-protection rights of gay couples.

Lawyers for Garden State Equality and six gay couples and their children filed papers Tuesday asserting that the state’s highest court should not suspend a Superior Court judge’s ruling that issuance of marriage licenses to same sex couples must begin October 21.

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GSE argued that the state has not proven that “irreparable harm” would occur without a stay of Judge Mary Jacobson’s decision last month that New Jersey’s civil union law violates the equal protection clause of the state constitution and had not shown that it is likely to l ultimately win its case.

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