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With the flurry of favorable court rulings on marriage in July and August, little attention has been given to an important marriage case, Lewis v. Harris, pending before the New Jersey Supreme Court (NJSC). New Jersey does not require couples to have New Jersey residency before obtaining a marriage license. Thus, if the NJSC legalizes homosexual “marriage,” which is not unlikely given the court’s radical record, homosexual couples from any state will come to New Jersey to obtain marriage licenses and then return to their home states to challenge existing marriage laws. Challenges to marriage laws are also pending in...

"Polygamy rights is the next civil rights battle." So goes the motto of a Christian pro-polygamy organization that has been watching the battle over homosexual "marriage" rights with keen interest.  "We're coming. We are next. There's no doubt about it, we are next," says Mark Henkel, founder of www.TruthBearer.org.  Traditional values groups  argue that legalizing same-sex "marriage" is a "slippery slope" -- that if marriage is redefined to allow homosexuals to "wed," it will be further redefined to allow other unions, including polygamous ones.  Homosexual rights leaders and their allies insist that the "slippery slope" argument is a rhetorical dodge....

Citing Kids, N.J. Court Says No to Same-Sex ‘Marriage’National Catholic RegisterJuly 10-16, 2005PAGE ONE STORY by SABRINA ARENA FERRISIRegister CorrespondentTRENTON, N.J. — Kristen sees the news from New Jersey as a rare victory for people like her. Kristen, who asked that her real name not be used, is homosexual. A New Jersey Appellate Court in Lewis v. Harris June 14 said that people of the same sex cannot marry. The New Jersey court also criticized the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court’s 2003 decision that made the Bay State the first in the nation to allow homosexuals to “marry” each other. Kristen...