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JUBILATION! President Obama endorses marriage equality

Steven Goldstein
Posted by Steven Goldstein on May 9, 2012

In an interview with ABC News, President Obama has endorsed marriage equality for same-sex couples. His evolution is complete. I am overwhelmed with tears of joy, as are millions of other LGBT people and our millions of allies across America. We will remember for the rest of our lives where we were when we heard [...]

Statement on the Dharun Ravi verdict

Steven Goldstein
Posted by Steven Goldstein on March 16, 2012

The fundamental question in this trial was whether Dharun Ravi would have similarly invaded the privacy of a roommate having intimate relations with someone of the opposite sex, as Ravi did to Tyler Clementi and M.B. In our view, the answer is no – that Ravi would not have invaded the privacy of a straight [...]

What a day! Garden State Equality reaches 213 laws and 100,000 members

Steven Goldstein
Posted by Steven Goldstein on March 16, 2012

Not many other places in the country could experience what New Jersey experienced on Thursday. By a vote of 35 to 0 in the state Senate and 72 to 2 in the Assembly, the New Jersey legislature passed yet another bill protecting LGBT people – a fully inclusive bill that leaves no member of the [...]

Hail, bipartisanship – especially when it can save lives

Steven Goldstein
Posted by Steven Goldstein on March 8, 2012

One of Garden State Equality’s signature achievements has been the Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights. With legislators of both parties, Garden State Equality spent hundreds of hours helping to write the law and led the successful campaign for its passage – 73 to 1 in the Assembly and 30 to 0 in the Senate. Last year [...]

Support for marriage equality in New Jersey rises to an all-time high – and the idea of a public referendum is still wrong

Steven Goldstein
Posted by Steven Goldstein on March 1, 2012

In a new Quinnipiac Poll out today, support for marriage equality in New Jersey has risen to an all-time high 57 to 37 percent. We lead in virtually every category, including 52 to 43 percent among Catholics – often wrongly perceived to be on the other side of the issue. Yet still we oppose changing [...]

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