Same-sex marriage supporters march on statehouse More than 600 people marched in Trenton calling on state lawmakers to pass a same-sex marriage bill in New Jersey. Supporters of the bill say the time is right to bring a marriage equality bill to a vote before Gov. Jon Corzine, who supports gay...

New Jersey’s Catholic bishops are instructing priests to read or distribute a letter this weekend asking Catholics to pray that lawmakers in New Jersey not allow same-sex marriage in that state. The bishops’ letter reiterates the Vatican’s position that marriage is only between a man and a woman...

The tug of war over marriage equality in New Jersey continues, as a new Quinnipiac University poll shows that voters narrowly disapprove of a bill in the state legislature that would give same-sex couples the right to marry. The results reverse a Quinnipiac poll conducted in April that found voters narrowly...

New Jersey State Sen. Paul Sarlo says he will not bring up the bill in the Judiciary Committee he chairs unless there are enough votes to pass it along to the whole Senate. And the Bergen County Democrat said today that there currently are not enough votes. Gay rights activists are pushing lawmakers...

The Facebook status updates have been pouring in. The Twitterverse is all a-flurry. Everyone’s talking about it. We lost in Maine. It’s true. It’s a big loss. Maine would have been the first state in the history of the nation to pass a gay marriage law by popular vote. We’re...

Marriage Equality Activists To Rally In D.C. WASHINGTON (AP) – Activists from D.C.’s gay community plan to hold a meeting to rally people around the campaign to allow gay couples to marry in D.C. Advocates said Wednesday they’ve scheduled the gathering for 7 p.m. on Sept. 30, at the...

NEWARK (CN) – A graduate of East Side High School demands punitive damages for “severe mental and emotional trauma” because on his paid personal page in the school yearbook, the school blacked out a photo of him kissing his homosexual partner, but it did not black out photos of heterosexual...