New Jersey moves to protect marriage equality in case the Supreme Court ends it

Arguments at the United States Supreme Court for Same-Sex Marriage on April 28, 2015
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New Jersey is working to quickly pass a law to protect marriage equality in the wake of increasing anxiety about what the Supreme Court’s conservative supermajority could do to LGBTQ rights.

“We have talked about this a few times in the past with our legislative allies,” Lauren Albrecht, policy consultant for Garden State Equality, told Gay City News. “We can never be sure about anything. When it comes to equal rights for our community, we can’t leave it up for chance.”

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On December 9, the Judiciary Committee of the New Jersey Assembly unanimously passed a bill to codify the right of same-sex couples to get married in the state. The state legislature is expected to easily pass the bill before the end of the year.

While marriage equality has been legal in the state since 2013, it was done so through a court ruling rather than a law. There was a bill proposed after the ruling, but it contained…

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