New Jersey Family Policy Council

Len Deo (800) 653-7204	7/26/2006

Washington State Supreme Court Upholds Marriage Between One Man and One Woman!

Trenton - The New Jersey Family Policy Council is very pleased that the Washington State Supreme Court has ruled to uphold the institution of marriage between a man and a woman. This follows recent rulings by the high Courts in New York and Georgia. Marriage is on a roll and now it is the New Jersey Supreme Court turn to release their opinion. Before going to the NJ Supreme Court the case was heard by two lower courts, Superior and Appellate, which both ruled to uphold the definition of marriage as we have known it for thousands of years. As Len Deo, president of NJFPC stated, “ New Jersey law is very clear about what marriage is. The bottom line is people have the privacy right to choose to live out their lifestyle, but they don’t have the right to redefine marriage in the process. Only marriage between a man and a woman should be valid and recognized in New Jersey. The Washington Supreme Court agrees.” But we may not be out of the woods yet. Len Deo has previously stated that, “the efforts of activists to eradicate traditional marriage as being the union between only one man and one woman will continue and it is anybody’s guess how our NJ Supreme Court will rule.” However, this win is significant because now, three high Courts have ruled recently to uphold marriage. “The pressure is definitely on the NJ Supreme Court,” Deo added. As Chief Justice Poritz prepares for mandatory retirement, the New Jersey Family Policy Council and the vast majority of this state’s citizens would like to see her and the rest of the New Jersey Supreme Court vote to preserve marriage as it has stood for thousands of years to the benefit of our society and children. It would be a wonderful legacy that Chief Justice Poritz leaves to the vast majority of citizens, who while supporting benefits for those domiciled together who can’t marry, are definitely opposed to marriage being radically redefined by judicial actvisim. The New Jersey Family Policy Council and other pro-marriage organizations’ efforts are being supported by the Marriage Law Project, the Institute for Marriage and Public Policy and the Alliance Defense Fund, a non-profit litigation center, which aides in the defense of traditional marriage throughout America.
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