NJ became the fifth state to recognize domestic partnerships with limited benefits for same-sex couples. Voting was surprisingly painless, no doubt because nobody was even paying attention, at least in the media.
The typical response was quoted: Mr. Tomicki said the law, in applying only to gays and lesbians and people over age 62, was constitutionally flawed because it gives same-sex couples benefits not allowed opposite-sex couples in the same circumstances.
Of course, I could apply his own logic to deny the validity of marriage since it only empowers opposite-sex couples.