In a landmark decision that changes the course of events in the United States, the Supreme Court vote 5 to 4 to recognize same sex marriages across the nation. In the majority opinion, Justice Anthony M. Kennedy wrote, “They ask for equal dignity in the eyes of the law. The Constitution grants them that right.” […]

A Newark Superior Court Judge has waived the state’s 72-hour waiting period for an Asbury Park same-sex couple so they can be married on the boardwalk after midnight on Oct. 21, the official date a Mercer County Superior Court judge ruled same-sex couples in the state of New Jersey shall be permitted to enter in […]

While neighboring Asbury Park began accepting applications for marriage licenses from same-sex couples on Friday, the Township of Neptune registrar will follow the directive from the state registrar to hold off until that state office gives the go ahead. The directive was received from the state registrar’s office in an email Thursday afternoon, according to […]

Asbury Park Deputy City Clerk Kiki Tomek will begin to accept applications for marriage licenses from same-sex couples Friday, city officials confirmed. “The City of Asbury Park intends to follow the Order entered on September 27, 2013 by the Honorable Mary C. Jacobson, A.J.S.C., in the case known as “Garden State Equality, et als vs. Paula Dow, […]

The Asbury Park City Council Wednesday gave their full support to a  resolution that asks those in the state legislature to overturn Governor Christopher Christie’s veto of same-sex marriage rights. The marriage equality bill, passed by the state assembly in February of 2012, defines marriage as the “legally recognized union of two consenting persons in […]

For Asbury Park residents Daniel Weiss [shown above, at right] and John Grant [left], same-sex marriage rights are not just a matter of politics — they are a matter of life and death. The Asbury Park residents were married in Connecticut in 2010, and served as the lead plaintiffs in Lambda Legal’s lawsuit that argued barring same-sex […]