Lewis v. Harris

So I'm going to probably make that up outside of the month of October because I think it's really important that we continue talking about the things that have happened that have been good for the community, also things that have happened that weren't so good for the community, and the things that the community have fought for and that are still fighting for.

So today, on October 25th, 20 years ago, back in 2006, New Jersey Supreme Court handed down its decision in Lewis v. Harris.

And let me tell you what Lewis v. Harris was.

There were seven same-sex couples that had sued the state of New Jersey four years earlier for the right to marry.

They lost in the lower courts, but the state's highest courts ruled unanimously that treating same-sex couples as less than equal under the law was unconstitutional.