(PLAINFIELD, NJ) – Assembly Speaker
Pro Tempore Jerry Green hailed Friday’s decision by a New Jersey Superior Court
to start allowing same-sex marriages on Oct. 21 as a victory for civil rights in
New Jersey.
“What the Mercer
County Superior Court did was recognize our current law for what it is – an
unconstitutional barrier towards true equality in New
Jersey.
“Separate but
equal can never truly be equal, especially in light of the recent U.S. Supreme
Court ruling on DOMA.
“It’s time for
the Governor to get out of the way and stop wasting taxpayers’ money fighting
the inevitable march towards true equality. As it stands now, he’s already
delayed this inevitability once by vetoing the legislature’s approval of
marriage equality, essentially telling thousands of couples and their families
that they are less equal in the eyes of the law.
“It’s time for
the Governor to get out of the way and let true equality be the law of the
land,” said Green (D-Middlesex/Somerset/Union).
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