Looks like the next session of the New Jersey legislature, set to meet on November 3rd, will begin debate on a marriage equality bill, a great step that will, we believe, add New Jersey to the list of states that recognize all marriages. The story at Queerty:

When a door closes, a window opens. Or that’s the hope when it comes to same-sex marriage. Despite a judge throwing out the federal DOMA challenge Smelt v. United States, there is some good news on the marriage front. And it comes from, of all places, New Jersey.

It’s there that a lame duck legislative session beginning Nov. 3 will be used to debate a long overdue marriage equality bill. Back in 2006, you’ll recall, legislators passed civil unions after the State Supreme Court declared gay couples deserve the same rights. But there was no M-word.

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