Gay couples in New Jersey register for domestic partnerships for the first time: Hundreds of same-sex couples gathered to register domestic partnerships on Saturday, the first day of a new law in New Jersey that gives gay partners some of the same rights as married couples. More than 200 people attended a morning ceremony marking the law going into effect. Many arrived hours early, sitting on the municipal building's steps or on lawn chairs while filling out domestic partnership applications. `This is a very great day in New Jersey's civil rights history,'' said Mayor Fred Profeta. `The civil rights achieved today are very important -- don't anyone doubt that.' Meanwhile, Bush continues campaigning on his stillborn Federal Marriage Amendment: "What they do in the privacy of their house, consenting adults should be able to do," Mr. Bush said. "This is America. It's a free society. But it doesn't mean we have to redefine traditional marriage." Senator Harry Reid of Nevada, the Democratic whip, said Democrats would not mount a filibuster against moving to a final vote on the amendment as long as Republicans agreed not to offer changes to the proposal...If Republicans accept the Democratic approach, the Senate would face a vote as early as Wednesday on the amendment. ...Senate Democrats said they calculated that more Republicans would join them on a vote against the proposal itself rather than a procedural fight where Republicans opposed to the amendment might side with their leadership. But some Republicans might still prefer to force a procedural vote, which could allow them to try to paint Democrats as obstructionists while decreasing the margin of defeat.
7/10/2004
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Josh Eidelson received his Bachelor's and Master's Degrees in Political Science from Yale University, where he helped lead the Undergraduate Organizing Committee. He has written about local and national politics as an opinion columnist for the Yale DailyNews, a research fellow for Talking Points Media, and a contributor to CampusProgress.org. Views expressed here are solely his own. Contact: "jeidelson" at "gmail" dot com.
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