NEW JERSEY DOMESTIC PARTNERSHIP LAW PASSES: From New Jersey's Star-Ledger

Steven Goldstein watched from a state Senate gallery in Trenton yesterday as lawmakers passed the Domestic Partnership Act, a provision granting broad new protections to gay couples as well as opposite-sex couples
over age 62.

Today, an elated Goldstein said, he will begin the process of moving to New Jersey. The Brooklyn resident predicted he will not be alone. ...

Heterosexual couples who fall under the law's purview were more muted in their response, in part because there has been little, if anything,
in the way of a rallying cry for the measure within that constituency. ...

Once in effect, the law will grant partners many of the legal rights now afforded to spouses. They include hospital visitation, permission to make emergency medical decisions and the ability to claim each other as
exemptions on state income tax filings. The law also allows domestic partners to qualify for exemptions from inheritance taxes. ...

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