Topic: Garden State Equality

Campaign for NJ gay marriage vote could be costly

Gay rights advocates in New Jersey have been pushing for a decade to get state courts or lawmakers to recognize same-sex marriage. But this week...

NJ board finds bullying law an unfunded mandate

A little-known New Jersey state government council ruled Friday that New Jersey's tough new anti-bullying law constitutes an unfunded mandate for ...
RNS) Supporters of gay marriage said they would press on with their fight despite the New Jersey Supreme Court's decision not to hear a case in which six same-sex couples asked for the right to marry. will never give up -- not ...
The New Jersey Supreme Court on Monday declined to reconsider new arguments in a legal battle over gay marriageCiting a need for a trial record, the New Jersey Supreme Court on Monday declined to reconsider new arguments in a legal battle ...
Garden State Equality, New Jersey's largest gay rights advocate, announced Monday it would end donating to political parties Garden State Equality, New Jersey's largest gay rights advocate, announced Monday it would end donating to political parties.The new policy comes ...

Jersey marriage 14/21

The New Jersey Senate rejected a bill yesterday that would have legalized same-sex marriage in the state, sending another blow to the national movement for marriage equality. Fourteen Senators voted in favor of marriage, shy of the twenty-one affirmative votes needed. Also ...
New Jersey Becomes 9th State to Protect Against Transgender DiscriminationStarting Sunday, New Jersey joins eight other states in making it illegal for employers and landlords to discriminate against transgendered people.The law, which sailed through the Legislature in December, has received little ...