As of next Monday OCTOBER 21, 2013 at 12:01 AM same sex marriages will be legal in NJ (even as Christie is disputing it)--only if the NJ SUPREME COURT rejects it--which I don't think it will-YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Same-Sex Marriages to Start Oct. 21 in NJ [POLL/AUDIO]
A judge on Thursday denied the Christie administration’s motion to delay the start of same-sex marriage in New Jersey. The administration has appealed, but if a stay isn’t granted, gay couples can apply for a marriage license starting Oct. 21, and in some cases get married.
“The way the decision is actually written, at midnight on the 21st marriage licenses can start to be issued,” said Troy Stevenson, executive director of Garden State Equality. “However, special dispensation can be given in certain jurisdictions. There will be places where people will be getting married on the 21st. The city has got to make a special dispensation, a special case, and it only happens in very rare circumstances and this would be one of them.”
The Christie Administration is now asking the state appeals court to overturn yesterday’s ruling while it also continues to ask the state Supreme Court to take up the case immediately. Gov. Chris Christie made his position clear in the gubernatorial debate Tuesday night against his Democratic challenger Sen. Barbara Buono.
UPDATE OCTOBER21, 2013: (GREAT NEWS !!!)
Gov. Chris Christie's administration is withdrawing its appeal of a judge's recent ruling in favor of gay marriage in New Jersey, according to Bloomberg.
According to Politicker NJ reporter Matthew Arco, Christie's administration said "the governor will do his constitutional duty and ensure his administration enforces the law as dictated by the N.J. Supreme Court."
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