There
have been additional court challenges in California that have been
rejected. The issue of a constitutional amendment also exists to end the
discrimination in the USA.
Trenton, NJ
August 15, 2013
By Geoff Mulvihill
Oral arguments (click here) were scheduled Thursday in a state court in Trenton on a request by six gay couples and several of their children for an immediate ruling, without their 2-year-old case going to trial.
They want a judgment legalizing gay marriage in New Jersey and recognizing as valid same-sex marriages performed in other states.
New Jersey now allows only civil unions for same-sex couples.
A ruling from the bench by Superior Court Judge Mary Jacobson is possible, though it would be a rarity on such a weighty case.
Even if Jacobson agrees with the couples, it's not clear whether nuptials could happen immediately.
An appeal to a higher court is likely no matter what the ruling, and there could be a stay on any actions while that court sorts it out.
Thirteen states in the U.S. now recognize same-sex marriages, with New Jersey and Pennsylvania the only Northeastern states not among them.....
There are only thirteen states allowing Same Sex Marriage in the USA, Massachusetts, California, Connecticut, Iowa, Vermont, New Hampshire, New York, Maine, Maryland, Rhode Island, Delaware, Minnesota, Washington State and Washington, DC.
This is kind of interesting. In January of 1990 there was virtually no political movement in the USA for Gay Marriage. There only six states banning it at that time. Gay marriage just was outside the realm of possibility, but, there was no real legal standing. Being LGBT was simply not something the country was going to deal with. Then it began to change. The face of the USA is very different today, but, there is still much work to be done.
Same-sex marriage in the United States (click here for animation of change)
This map is interesting as a cartogram as well. First the dialogue wasn't even in the USA, then Gay Marriage was made illegal in most states, then came civil civil unions and today the right to marry is growing. A constitutional amendment would make marriage for everyone simply that and would end the chronic tug of war that goes on politically in all states. There is still much to be done.
Trenton, NJ
August 15, 2013
By Geoff Mulvihill
Oral arguments (click here) were scheduled Thursday in a state court in Trenton on a request by six gay couples and several of their children for an immediate ruling, without their 2-year-old case going to trial.
They want a judgment legalizing gay marriage in New Jersey and recognizing as valid same-sex marriages performed in other states.
New Jersey now allows only civil unions for same-sex couples.
A ruling from the bench by Superior Court Judge Mary Jacobson is possible, though it would be a rarity on such a weighty case.
Even if Jacobson agrees with the couples, it's not clear whether nuptials could happen immediately.
An appeal to a higher court is likely no matter what the ruling, and there could be a stay on any actions while that court sorts it out.
Thirteen states in the U.S. now recognize same-sex marriages, with New Jersey and Pennsylvania the only Northeastern states not among them.....
There are only thirteen states allowing Same Sex Marriage in the USA, Massachusetts, California, Connecticut, Iowa, Vermont, New Hampshire, New York, Maine, Maryland, Rhode Island, Delaware, Minnesota, Washington State and Washington, DC.
This is kind of interesting. In January of 1990 there was virtually no political movement in the USA for Gay Marriage. There only six states banning it at that time. Gay marriage just was outside the realm of possibility, but, there was no real legal standing. Being LGBT was simply not something the country was going to deal with. Then it began to change. The face of the USA is very different today, but, there is still much work to be done.
Same-sex marriage in the United States (click here for animation of change)
This map is interesting as a cartogram as well. First the dialogue wasn't even in the USA, then Gay Marriage was made illegal in most states, then came civil civil unions and today the right to marry is growing. A constitutional amendment would make marriage for everyone simply that and would end the chronic tug of war that goes on politically in all states. There is still much to be done.
