Friends, this morning I issued our organizational statement in anticipation of Governor Christie’s veto of the marriage equality bill.   Please find that statement in the blog post immediately under this one.  Late today, when Governor Christie actually issued his veto, he accompanied it with a statement calling for the creation of a civil union ombudsman. [...]

With the Governor’s just having vetoed the marriage equality bill, I beg your indulgence if this statement is a bit more personal than usual.  Many in Trenton know that Governor Christie and I have a good relationship.  This may come as a surprise, and even disappointment, to some of Garden State Equality’s members, but I [...]

Today, New Jersey became the third state in American history to pass a marriage equality bill under a Governor hostile to marriage equality.  The Assembly passed the bill 42 to 33, following Monday’s passage in the Senate 24 to 16.    With Governor Chris Christie certain to veto the bill quickly, Garden State Equality now begins [...]

This afternoon, the New Jersey Senate passed the marriage equality bill 24 to 16.  That’s three more votes than the 21 Senators we needed for passage — and just three votes shy of the 27 we need to override the Governor’s veto.   Remember, we have until the end of the legislative session, January 2014, [...]

Hi, everyone.  Moments ago, a three-judge panel from the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled that Proposition 8 in California, banning marriage equality, is a violation of the United States Constitution. The likely next steps are for the case to go to the wider Ninth Circuit and then to the United [...]