<p style=font-family: Verdana Arial Helvetica sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; margin-right: 30px; >Today the New Jersey Supreme Court held that committed same-sex couples&nbsp;must be afforded on equal terms the same rights and benefits enjoyed by&nbsp;opposite-sex couples under the civil marriage statutes. The name to be&nbsp;given to the statutory scheme that provides full rights and benefits to&nbsp;same-sex couples whether marriage or some other term is a matter left&nbsp;to the democratic process.</p><p style=font-family: Verdana Arial Helvetica sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; margin-right: 30px; >DignityUSA is proud to have been an &quot;Amici&quot; signatory to an Amicus Brief&nbsp;on behalf of the successful seven same-sex couples.</p><p style=font-family: Verdana Arial Helvetica sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; margin-right: 30px; ><em>DignityUSA is the nation's foremost organization of gay lesbian bisexual and transgender Catholics their families friends and supporters. Founded in 1969 it is an independent nonprofit organization with members and chapters across the country.</em><em>DignityUSA works for full inclusion of gay lesbian bisexual and transgender people in the life of the Church and Society.&nbsp;<a style=font-family: Verdana Arial Helvetica sans-serif; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51 0 102); text-decoration: underline; href=http://www.dignityusa.org/>www.dignityusa.org</a></em></p>