shout out to NJ
... for recognizing that not granting the rights and privileges of marriage to same-sex couples violates equal protection. The NJ Supreme Court opinion is online (PDF).
In a politically savvy turn, the Court split the difference on the marriage / benefits argument, granting the rights and perquisites of marriage, but leaving the terminology issue up to the legislature. Three of the 7 justices dissented from that split, and would have given us the whole enchilada. Pragmatist me is pretty happy.
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