Gay couple married in Asbury Park, a NJ first

Newark Star Ledger ^ | 03.08.04

[Coleus]

ASBURY PARK, N.J. (AP)

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[cmsgop]

Was it Springsteen????

[Coleus]

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[Cagey]

[eastsider]

She said New Jersey is one of 12 states that have no statute expressly banning same-sex marriages and that nothing in state law defines marriage as the exclusive province of opposite-sex couples.

However, the marriage act -- coitus -- is the exclusive province of opposite-sex couples. Accept no substitutes!

[Coleus]

>>being issued a license by city officials who say New Jersey law does not explicitly ban such unions.>>>

could it be that our previous law makers would never have thought we could stoop so low?

Title 37 NJ Code, MARRIAGES AND MARRIED PERSONS

37:1-3.  Where license to be obtained
    The licensing officer shall issue the license which shall be obtained:

    a.  In the municipality of this state in which the female party to the proposed marriage resides;  or

    b.  In the municipality in which the male party resides, if the female party  is a nonresident of this state;  or

    c.  In the municipality in which the proposed marriage is to be performed, if both parties are nonresidents of this state.
 
37:1-11.  Illegal issuance of license a misdemeanor
    Any licensing officer who issues a marriage license except as provided in this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
37:2-3.  Domicile of married woman
    The domicile of a married woman shall be established by the same facts and rules of law as that of any other person for the purposes of voting, officeholding, testacy, intestacy, jury service and taxation.

37:2-5.  Right of husband and wife to contract with or sue each other
    Nothing in this chapter contained shall enable a husband or wife to contract  with or to sue each other, except as heretofore, and except as authorized by  this chapter.

[XRdsRev]

Just when I thought Asbury Park couldn't slide any lower into the abyss.

[keithtoo]

My wife and I had a gay wedding. She was gay, I was gay, the bridesmaids were gay, the groomsmen were gay....heck, everyone was gay.

Then we had a gay marriage and produced gay kids, two girls and a boy, and we are ALL STILL GAY!!!

We're all heterosexual, but we are also very gay.

[genefromjersey]

for a wry look at the future (?), go to

http://kcnewsservice.blogspot.com

[Coleus]

And HAPPY too!

[Coleus]

NJ First in Cannibalism and now first in licensing homosexual marriages.

[SuziQ]

We're all heterosexual, but we are also very gay.

Good for you! Hubby and I have had a GAY marriage for over 28 years!

Folks, we need to take back the language. Stop referring to this stupidity as 'gay marriage' because they are not gay and it's not a marriage. Call it homosexual union, if you will, but what they are NOT is MARRIED!

[SMGFan]

So, the US Defense of Marriage Act is meaningless?

[ejo]

'GAY'

sarcasm aside... I hope you mean 'HAPPY' your heterosexual definition

[keithtoo]

Yes, I do mean we are happy, but that was a very QUEER question.

[verity]

Gay Queer couple married in Asbury Park, a NJ first

[freeperfromnj]

AG seeking an injunction

http://www.nj.com/newsflash/topstories/index.ssf?/base/news-7/107883984420530.xml

[dfwgator]

Uhh, they would like to think they were "married," but they were not.

[Coleus]

Come May, no fags for schoolkids