The NJ Supreme Court
will announce it's decision tomorrow at 3pm on whether gays in NJ should have the right to marry. Tomorrow is the chief justice's 70th birthday, and by law the day she must step down. I don't want to unreasonably raise expectations, but she's considered a liberal justice in arguably one of, if not the most liberal courts in the country. I can't imagine her waiting until her last day on the court to announce a decision against marriage equality, but we'll find out tomorrow.
Below is the announcement sent out by the LGBTI-rights group, Garden State Equality just now regarding a rally to take place tomorrow night after the ruling.
URGENT BULLETIN: The New Jersey Supreme Court will hand down its ruling in the marriage equality case Wednesday, October 25, 2006 at 3:00 pm. THIS SUPERCEDES THE COURT'S EARLIER ANNOUNCEMENT THAT THERE WOULD BE NO DECISIONS COMING DOWN ON WEDNESDAY. The Court will post the decision at http://www.judiciary.state.nj.us/...
Please attend Garden State Equality's statewide rally for marriage equality Wednesday night at 7:00 pm, Unitarian Church of Montclair, 67 Church Street, downtown Montclair. The rally supercedes any other event we have e-mailed you about.
Right now please call as many people as you can, and please forward this e-mail to every New Jersey resident whose e-mail you have, to get them to Wednesday night's 7:00 pm rally.
This e-mail must spread like instant wildfire to get people to Wednesday night's 7:oo pm rally on such short notice.
COME TO WEDNESDAY NIGHT'S 7:00 pm RALLY WHETHER OUR SIDE WINS OR LOSES THE CASE. Should our side win, you'll tell the State Legislature to leave the decision alone. Should our side lose, you'll tell the State Legislature to give us marriage equality by passing a bill.
Either way, our fight continues, our work continues -- we must send an unmistakable signal to the world! Please attend Garden State Equality's statewide rally for marriage equality Wednesday night at 7:00 pm, Unitarian Church of Montclair, 67 Church Street, downtown Montclair.
For further information: Steven Goldstein with Garden State Equality, Goldstein@GardenStateEquality.org or cell (917)449-8918