The more things stayed the same in 2013, the more they changed. It was, in other words, a year of progression that for the most part came softly and with subtlety. But the changes were nonetheless significant and affecting.
New Jersey legalized same-sex marriage without a stroke of a pen by either the Legislature or the governor. All it took was a trial court judge’s ruling that the U.S. Supreme Court’s partial voiding of the Defense of Marriage Act meant gay couples were entitled to equal treatment under federal law, which New Jersey’s Civil Union Act could not guarantee. The state Supreme Court’s acceptance of the case on direct appeal, and its denial of a stay of the judge’s order, made it indisputable which way the wind blew. Gov. Chris Christie’s administration immediately dropped its appeal, clearing the way for marriage licenses to issue and ceremonies to begin.
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