text: As of now, there is no gay marriage in New Jersey. On October 25, 2006 New Jersey's Supreme Court ruled that homosexuals are entitled to the same rights as heterosexuals, but gave the state legislature 180 days to decide if those same rights would be in the form of a civil union or a marriage. Due to this ruling, New Jersey can either be like Massachusetts and recognize gay marriage or like Vermont and Connecticut and recognize civil unions. It is important to note that, even though a few states recognize either civil unions or marriage that those laws only apply to those individual states; there is NO RECOGNITION of either gay marriage or civil unions by the US Federal Government. \n\nMassachusetts is the only US state to recognize gay marriage. Vermont and Connecticut recognize civil unions. California has a domestic partnership law that provides most (but not all) spousal benefits to unmarried couples. Hawaii, Maine, and the District of Columbia have laws that provide partial benefits to unmarried couples.