Press Release

Roberts Statement on California Same-Sex Marriage Ruling

Release Date: May 15 2008

ROBERTS STATEMENT ON CALIFORNIA
SAME-SEX MARRIAGE RULING

(TRENTON) - Assembly Speaker Joseph J. Roberts Jr. (D-Camden) today released the following statement regarding the California Supreme Court's 4-3 decision overturning that state's ban on same-sex marriage:

"As I have said before, the granting of full marriage equality to New Jersey's same-sex couples is simply a question of 'when,' not 'if.'

"In the year since New Jersey's civil union law took effect the sky has not fallen in and the meaning of marriage for opposite-sex couples has not been eroded.

"Those realizations make it all the more likely that New Jersey will ultimately be the first state to legislatively reach the inevitable conclusion that marriage is a right that should be enjoyed by all residents."

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Contact:

Speaker Roberts
Derek Roseman
(609) 292-7065