The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that gay couples have the same legal rights as heterosexual couples, but the legislature will have to decide whether to allow gay marriage, like Massachusetts, or civil unions, like Vermont. We'll have analysis of the ruling and discuss its political impact on the upcoming elections. Plus, Ken Burns remembers Negro League legend Buck O'Neil.
30 Issues in 30 Days: Gay Marriage in New Jersey
Tom Moran, political columnist at the Newark Star Ledger
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William Eskridge, John A. Garver Professor of Jurisprudence at Yale and co-author with Darren Spedale, Gay Marriage: For Better or for Worse? (Oxford University Press, 2006)
- on the New Jersey Supreme ...
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William Eskridge, John A. Garver Professor of Jurisprudence at Yale and co-author with Darren Spedale, Gay Marriage: For Better or for Worse? (Oxford University Press, 2006)
- on the New Jersey Supreme ...
Remembering Buck O'Neil
Ken Burns,
- documentary filmmaker, creator of the PBS series The Civil War and Baseball
PBS site for "Baseball" with transcript of an interview of Buck O'Neil
Baseball is available for purchase at Amazon.com
- documentary filmmaker, creator of the PBS series The Civil War and Baseball
PBS site for "Baseball" with transcript of an interview of Buck O'Neil
Baseball is available for purchase at Amazon.com
William Eskridge
William Eskridge, John A. Garver Professor of Jurisprudence at Yale and author, discusses the New Jersey Supreme Court decision on gay marriage. October ...
Required Reading: October 26, 2006
Court Expands Gay Rights (Newark Star-Ledger)
N.J. Ruling Mandates Rights for Gay Unions (Washington Post)
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