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 [...]
All posts by Steven Goldstein
JUBILATION! President Obama endorses marriage equality
Posted by Steven Goldstein on May 9, 2012
http://www.gardenstateequality.org/2012/05/jubilation-president-obama-endorses-marriage-equality/
Statement on the Dharun Ravi verdict
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 [...]
Posted by Steven Goldstein on March 16, 2012
http://www.gardenstateequality.org/2012/03/statement-on-the-dharun-ravi-verdict/
What a day! Garden State Equality reaches 213 laws and 100,000 members
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 [...]
Posted by Steven Goldstein on March 16, 2012
http://www.gardenstateequality.org/2012/03/what-a-day-garden-state-equality-reaches-213-laws-and-100000-members/
Hail, bipartisanship – especially when it can save lives
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 [...]
Posted by Steven Goldstein on March 8, 2012
http://www.gardenstateequality.org/2012/03/hail-bipartisanship-especially-when-it-saves-students-lives/
Support for marriage equality in New Jersey rises to an all-time high – and the idea of a public referendum is still wrong
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 [...]
Posted by Steven Goldstein on March 1, 2012
http://www.gardenstateequality.org/2012/03/support-for-marriage-equality-in-new-jersey-rises-to-an-all-time-high-and-the-idea-of-a-public-referendum-is-still-wrong/








