NJ APPEALS COURT: STATE CONSTITUTION DOES NOT REQUIRE GAY MARRIAGE: From the Associated Press

[Decision is here. --Eve]

A state appeals panel ruled Tuesday that New Jersey's Constitution does not require the recognition of gay marriage.

The 2-1 decision rejected the efforts of seven same-sex couples to marry, although the case is expected to go to the state Supreme Court.

The ruling said legislators will have to change marriage laws before same-sex couples can marry in New Jersey. ...

In dissent, Appellate Judge Donald G. Collester said that if marriage is defined strictly as a heterosexual union, then couples are denied the right to marry the person of their choice, and so have no real right to marry. ...

New Jersey also contended that it had addressed the concerns of gay couples through a domestic partnership law that went into effect in 2004. That law offers same-sex couples various rights, including making medical decisions for each other, and tax benefits.

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