TRENTON — A state judge ruled Friday that same-sex couples have the right to marry in New Jersey, a decision that reverberated across the state and sets up a final battle between gay rights advocates and Gov. Chris Christie at the state Supreme Court.
Saying same-sex couples are being denied equal rights "every day," Superior Court Judge Mary Jacobson ordered the state to begin allowing same-sex marriages Oct. 21. Christie, however, vowed to appeal the ruling and could ask that the date be delayed while the court proceedings continue.
Jacobson’s decision marks the first time a New Jersey judge has said gay couples have the right to marry.
For now, it makes New Jersey the first state to legalize gay marriage after June’s landmark decision by the U.S. Supreme Court striking down the federal Defense of Marriage Act.
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