November 18, 2009
Push for same-sex marriage in N.J. faces uncertain future
by Cynthia Henry
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Judith Ford and Yvonne Mazzola rushed to a judge in 2007, as soon as New Jersey made civil unions legal.
The couple, who previously had entered into a civil union in Vermont, already had New Jersey domestic partnership papers. The Cumberland County residents were confident that this next step would qualify Mazzola for coverage on Ford's employer-sponsored health insurance.
Instead, Ford's company rejected her request - leading the couple to new worries that a serious illness could jeopardize their now-joint estate.
Nothing short of marriage will close such loopholes, said Ford, who once believed it didn't matter what a same-sex union was called if it guaranteed the same rights enjoyed by heterosexual couples.
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