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Posted by: Kevin Costello
November 13, 2007
"The Journey to Justice" - Web Log of Employment Rights Lawyer Kevin M. Costello
The NJ Supreme Court's decision in Lewis v. Harris, which recognized as fundamental a same sex couple's right to have all the benefits of marriage, was, in the classic sense, a compromise borne of cowardice.
My point is not to 'debate' same sex marriage. There is no debate. Marriage only comes in two forms: a religious ceremony, performed by a cleric, which carries no civil effect, and a civil marriage, which is the state's recognition of an economic relationship. Despite the pomp and frippery of a religious ceremony, it is the state that makes it official.
