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LGBT individuals in New Jersey enjoy strong protections from discrimination, and have had the same marriage rights as heterosexual people since October 21, 2013. Since the late 1960s, state-sanctioned discrimination against LGBTQ people has become increasingly less acceptable. A series of court decisions have enlarged the areas of LGBT rights.
October 26, 2020: Vandalism 0 0 Ithaca, New York: The Sunny Days storefront was painted with Celtic Crosses, and posters with antisemitic language were taped to the door. [87] [88] August 25, 2020: Arson 0 0 Newark, Delaware: Late on August 25, 2020, 45 firefighters responded to a fire at the Chabad center of the University of Delaware.
Yes. 70–80%. 60–70%. New Jersey Public Question 1, the Constitutional Amendment To Legalize Marijuana, was a measure that appeared on the November 3, 2020 New Jersey general election ballot. Passing with the largest margin of victory of any statewide cannabis legalization ballot measure in US history, Question 1 legalized the possession and ...
Rockaway Township is a township in Morris County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 25,341, [9] [10] an increase of 1,185 (+4.9%) from the 2010 census count of 24,156, [19] [20] which in turn reflected an increase of 1,226 (+5.3%) from the 22,930 counted in the 2000 census.
The Supreme Court of New Jersey is the highest court in the U.S. state of New Jersey. In its current form, the Supreme Court of New Jersey is the final judicial authority on all cases in the state court system, including cases challenging the validity of state laws under the state constitution. It has the sole authority to prescribe and amend ...
Bostock v. Clayton County, 590 U.S. 644 (2020), is a landmark [1] United States Supreme Court civil rights decision in which the Court held that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects employees against discrimination because of sexuality or gender identity. The plaintiff, Gerald Bostock, was fired from his county job after he ...
The 2016 presidential election in New Jersey was won by Democrat Hillary Clinton in 12 counties, while Republican Donald Trump won nine counties; overall, Clinton carried the state with a vote percentage of 55.45 to 41.35 percent. Trump won two counties (Gloucester and Salem) which had voted Democratic in 2012.
The first and longest-serving governor of New Jersey was William Livingston, who served from August 31, 1776, to July 25, 1790. A. Harry Moore remains the longest-serving popularly elected governor. The current and 56th governor is Phil Murphy, a Democrat who assumed office on January 16, 2018.