[Intolerant in NJ]

...I have heard that a group is out there that wants a group marriage...this is a big question - if marriage isn't held to be strictly between a man and woman to provide the most beneficial setting for the raising of children, where do we draw the line? - gays, three people, groups, brothers and sisters, and on and on.....?

[george76]

N.J. court opens door to gay marriage ...

making the state the second in the nation to allow gay marriage, ruling that lawmakers must offer homosexuals either marriage or something like it, such as civil unions.

the state Supreme Court declared 4-3 that homosexual couples are entitled to the same rights as heterosexual ones. The justices gave lawmakers 180 days to rewrite the laws.

The ruling is similar to the 1999 high-court ruling in Vermont that led the state to create civil unions, which confer all of the rights and benefits available to married couples under state law.

Cases similar to the one ruled on Wednesday, which was filed by seven gay New Jersey couples, are pending in California, Connecticut, Iowa and Maryland.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061025/ap_on_re_us/gay_marriage_19