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New Jersey Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage

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AnnaLee Rice Student Contributor, University of Notre Dame
This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Notre Dame chapter and does not reflect the views of Her Campus.

On October 18th New Jersey courts agreed to cease inhibiting the process to legalize same-sex marriage. One more appeal remains and, if struck down, New Jersey will become the fourteen state in the union to legalize same-sex marriage:

 

“The State has advanced a number of arguments, but none of them overcome this reality: same-sex couple who cannot marry are not treated equally under the law today. The harm to them is real, not abstract or speculative.”

-Chief Justice Rabner

 

Sources:

http://www.scribd.com/doc/177205693/GSE-v-Dow-Supreme-Court-Opinion-on-Stay-Motion

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/10/18/21026864-nj-supreme-court-rules-state-must-begin-allowing-gay-marriages-on-monday?lite

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AnnaLee Rice

Notre Dame

AnnaLee Rice is a senior at the University of Notre Dame with a double major in Economics and Political Science and a minor in PPE. In addition to being the HCND Campus Correspondent, she is editor-in-chief of the undergraduate philosophy research journal, a research assistant for the Varieties of Democracy project, and a campus tour guide.  She believes in democracy and Essie nailpolish but distrusts pumpkin spice lattes because they are gross.