Demolish The Divide - New Jersey to Protest Over Civil Unions

This week marks the three-year anniversary of one of the worst public policy failures of our time, New Jersey's civil union law. Many hospitals and employers still reject the law because it is not marriage. At the recent state Senate hearing and floor vote, even legislators who oppose marriage equality admitted the civil union law has failed.

Join Garden State Equality at marriage equality rallies, marches and free dinners this Wednesday night, February 17, 2010 through Monday night, February 22, 2010. See the entire schedule here.

Word of the Gay: "Civil Union"

A "civil union" is a government sanctioned recognition of a couple that is similar to marriage but lacks the name and hundreds of rights. Civil unions have traditionally been entered into by same-sex couples, but increasingly by heterosexuals who oppose the institution of marriage but want to receive government benefits.