Category: Marriage Equality
Catholic bishops in Garden State try to rally anti-marriage troops
New Jersey’s Catholic bishops, in advance of a potential marriage-equality vote by legislators after the November election, have released an anti-marriage-rights letter as part of a drive to get parishioners involved. The Times (Trenton, N.J.), The (9/20)
Category: Action Alerts
Pass ENDA in 2009!
Send a message to your representatives in Washington D.C.
Category: Marriage Equality
Arizona revokes DP benefits for state workers
The domestic partners of Arizona state workers and their children are among several groups to lose their health insurance coverage under a new law signed by Gov. Jan Brewer. The domestic-partnership benefits, which were made available a year ago via an administrative rule change, represented about $3 million versus the state’s $625 million outlay for benefits for other workers and their dependents, according to this article. Arizona Daily Star (Tucson) (09/17)
Category: Marriage Equality
Corzine confident about marriage bill’s chances in N.J.
New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine, who is locked in a difficult fight against GOP challenger Christopher Christie, said he believes 2009 will be the year in which New Jersey enacts a marriage-equality law.
Read the article in The Advocate
Category: Marriage Equality
South Orange passes “Marriage Equality Resolution”
Monday, September 14, the Board of Trustees (municipal government) of South Orange passed a resolution supporting marriage equality for same sex couples. This follows similar resolutions passed in June by Maplewood and by Red Bank.
If you live in a progressive town, could you encourage your town council to do the same?
Sometimes, all you have to do is send an email to the Mayor and/or Council members making the request (and noting that Red Bank, Maplewood, and South Orange have already passed resolutions). Contact information and names for Township Mayor and Councillors can be found on your town’s web site.
The NJ marriage equality bill is likely to come up before the legislature for a vote in November, and the vote could be very close, so now is the time to rally all our supporters to speak out in support of equality.
Here is a portion of the South Orange resolution:
WHEREAS, the Township of South Orange Village has supported equal rights for same sex couples by advocating Domestic Partnership and Civil Union Legislation; and
[... five more WHEREAS clauses ...]
BE IT RESOLVED, by the Board of Trustees of the Township of South Orange Village that it does hereby publicly state its support for marriage equality and calls upon the New Jersey Legislature to enact legislation making same sex marriages legal in the State of New Jersey and upon Governor Corzine to sign such legislation once passed; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a copy of this resolution be sent to South Orange’s representatives in the New Jersey State Assembly and Senate, Governor Corzine, the New Jersey League of Municipalities and the New Jersey Conference of Mayors.
Category: Site News
Welcome to the New NJLGC/PLF Web Site!
What’s new?
- Member organizations are front-and center. As a coalition, we felt it was important to list all our member groups and make it easy to find out more information about them.
- Events and Meetings. Our events calendar lists events and activities held (or co-sponsored) by our member organizations. (Events in BOLD are major events.)
- NewsJersey blog. News and events about what’s happening in New Jersey. Plus, the ability for you to post comments (You must be logged in to write a comment. You can log in with your OpenID, Facebook, or Google account.)
Thanks to everyone that has given input on the new design (and a big thank you to people that donated to help us make it happen!)
–Tom Limoncelli, NJLGC/PLF Webmaster
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Category: News
NJ activist Babs Casbar Siperstein nominated for key DNC position
Congrats to Babs Casbar Siperstein for being the first transgender Democrat appointed to the national DNC body. Babs is a nationally-known advocate for transgender rights and educatio who hails from New Jersey.
Category: News
Harvey Milk to Receive Presidential Medal of Freedom
Washington, D.C. The Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund has learned President Barack Obama plans to award America’s highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, to Harvey Milk, one of the country’s first openly gay elected officials. The award will be accepted at a White House ceremony August 12 by Stuart Milk, the nephew of the late San Francisco Supervisor and civil rights activist.
Two other exciting recipients: American tennis great Billie Jean King, who is openly lesbian, and Sen. Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts, who has championed LGBT equality throughout his political career.
For more information, view the press release from Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund:
Category: News
NJLGC Helps You Take Action!
Visit the NJLGC Action Center for the latest alerts about legislation including Hate Crimes, Marriage Equality, and other issues important to our community and you.
Category: Marriage Equality
“Please don’t divorce…” Courage Campaign community photo project
Infamous prosecutor Ken Starr has filed a legal brief — on behalf of the “Yes on 8″ campaign — to nullify the 18,000 same-sex marriages performed in California between May and November of 2008.
It’s time to put a face to Ken Starr’s shameful legal proceedings. To put a face to the 18,000 couples facing forcible divorce. To put a face to marriage equality. Because, gay or straight, YOU are the face of the Marriage Equality Movement.
Please click through the photos in the slideshows below and then submit your own photo, as an individual, a couple or in a group (perhaps with your family over the holidays). Take a picture holding a piece of paper that says “Please don’t divorce us,” “Please don’t divorce my moms,”"Please don’t divorce my friends, Dawn and Audrey,” “Please don’t divorce Californians” or whatever you want after “Please don’t divorce…” and send it to: pleasedontdivorce@couragecampaign.org.
We want to share this beautiful project with as many people as possible. Please tell your friends about this slideshow by clicking here to use our simple and easy invite page.
To support the “Please don’t divorce…” project or our campaign to repeal Prop 8, please consider making a contribution to the Courage Campaign. Click here to make a timely donation.
