Time wrote:
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said Monday that he will drop his appeal to a court ruling that paved the way for same-sex marriage, hours after same-sex couples in the state began tying the knot for the first time.
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His decision to cancel an appeal that the state Supreme Court had still planned to hear means a lower court’s ruling allowing same-sex marriage won’t be overturned, making New Jersey the 14th state to allow the unions.
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His decision to cancel an appeal that the state Supreme Court had still planned to hear means a lower court’s ruling allowing same-sex marriage won’t be overturned, making New Jersey the 14th state to allow the unions.
This was, if I remember correctly, the first state ban that was overturned on the basis of the Supreme Court DOMA judgement. The state's prohibition against SSM was barring couples from accessing federal benefits.
