New Jersey court upholds same-sex marriage ban

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New Jersey court upholds same-sex marriage ban

June 14, 2005 03:08:00 pm

[JURIST] A New Jersey appellate court Tuesday ruled against seven same-sex couples who had argued that they were entitled to marry under the state constitution [text]. The court ruling [PDF text] upheld a lower court decision that had concluded that state legislators must first change marriage laws [JURIST report] in New Jersey before same-sex marriages would be allowed. AP has more.

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