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davidinalameda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-06-06 11:20 AM
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N.J. Senate Passes Sweeping Expansion Of Gay Partner Law
http://www.365gay.com/Newscon06/01/010606njPartner.htm

The New Jersey Senate late Thursday passed sweeping amendments to the state's domestic partner law that would, upon a partner's death, give the surviving partner control of the estate and inheritance in the absence of a will.

The legislation also would give the surviving partner control of burial decisions absent a directive otherwise.

In a vote that stunned even LGBT civil rights advocates the Senate vote was unanimous - 35-to-0.

"This is the most lopsided pro-LGBTI-rights vote in New Jersey history and one of the most lopsided pro-gay votes in American history," Garden State Equality spokesperson Steven Goldstein told 365Gay.com
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Burma Jones Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-06-06 11:27 AM
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1. You gotta love NJ
My Wife's very best friend, the Maid of Honor at our Wedding, lives with her same sex spouse in New Jersey. The two of them have been named in our will as the preferred custodians of our kids in case we're both killed, so living in a State like NJ will help fend off any of our relatives that might "disagree"......
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BR_Parkway Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-06-06 11:47 AM
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2. Way to go NJ!
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