Same-sex couples will be getting married in New Jersey today, as the state becomes the 14th in the nation, to permit gay marriage. … Nine couples, including seven same-sex couples, tied the knot just after midnight, at city hall in Newark.
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie on Monday withdrew his challenge to legalized same-sex marriage in the state, after a court determined that the appeal is not likely to prevail.
The decision by Christie came as, in response to the court move, the state on Monday began to recognize same-sex marriages. Christie’s administration formally withdrew the appeal in a letter to the state Supreme Court.
The N. M. state supreme court rules on Gay Marriage Wednesday in Santa Fe. let us be in prayer.
Read NM Watchman Jose Vasquez’s report here on the New Mexico Supreme Court: 