Talk:Civil unions in New Jersey

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[edit] "Almost"

The article currently says that parties to a civil union will have "almost 100 percent of the rights" of married couples under state law. I do not understand the "almost", as the Supreme Court made clear that same-gender unions (under whatever name was chosen by the Legislature) had to carry all of the rights of marriages, and that is what the Legislature did. Is that incorrect? What rights are missing? Neutron 17:47, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

Now someone has changed it from "almost 100 percent" to "almost all", which is better writing, but it does not answer the question. I am going to take out "almost" unless someone can provide a source showing that some right under state law (which is what the sentence is about) has been withheld. I am also wondering about the last sentence in that paragraph, about people not understanding civil unions and therefore treating them differently. While it is most likely true, the sentence seems to be written in a POV manner and it is unsourced. I am going to leave it alone for now and just put a "fact" tag on it. It probably should be in a different paragraph as well. Neutron 18:19, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

Well, they don't get to tell people they have been allowed to join each other in a marriage. That's a pretty damn non-negligible right that married couples have under state law, that civil union...ed... people are denied. --John Kenneth Fisher 18:39, 22 February 2007 (UTC)