Homosexual activists in New Jersey are asking the state Supreme Court to mandate same-sex marriage.
They’re asking the court to reopen a case they had already won, in order to get an even more favorable outcome.
In 2007 the court ordered the Legislature to give gay couples the same rights and benefits as marriage. The lawmakers responded by sanctioning civil unions.
Len Deo, president and executive director of the New Jersey Family Policy Council, said gay activists are trying to gain more ground.
“That legislation was done for their benefit,” he explained, “but they have done everything to discredit it, prove that it’s not working, because they want that word ‘marriage.’”
Deo said of the 4,170 couples that have registered civil unions, only 12 have lodged formal complaints.
The New Jersey Senate has rejected several gay marriage bills, most recently in January.
State Assemblyman Michael Patrick Carroll and two of his conservative colleagues are asking to be a part of this case. Carroll is upset that the court is exceeding its authority.
“It seems to me that ultimately at the end of the day that the court was wrong even to get involved in these decisions,” he said.
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