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New Jersey approves civil unions.

“Lawmakers in the U.S. state of New Jersey legalized same-sex civil unions on Thursday to give gay and lesbian couples the same rights as marriage but would not allow such partnerships to be called ‘marriage.’BlueJersey and Garden State Equality have commentary.

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