New Jersey Extends Statutory Rights And Protections To Civil Union Partners And

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Prohibits Discrimination On The Basis Of Gender Identity Or Expression

Article by David Rosen and Steven J. Friedman

On October 25, 2006, the New Jersey Supreme Court, in its landmark decision in Lewis v. Harris, 188 N.J. 415, ruled that the equal protection guarantee of the state constitution was violated because committed same-sex couples were denied the same rights and benefits accorded to their married heterosexual counterparts....