Word: jersey
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...JERSEY Governor Christine Todd Whitman seeks a law saying dealers can sell only "smart" handguns; the bill passes the senate...
...Supreme Court may have to decide just what type of organization the Boy Scouts is. In what could turn out to be a landmark ruling on gay rights, New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that the organization, as a "place of public accommodation," is forbidden from discriminating against homosexuals. This decision stands in direct contrast to the California bench?s 1998 ruling that defined the Scouts as a private organization, which therefore had a right to exclude gays. Although the High Court declined to hear an appeal on the California ruling, the conflicting interpretations may persuade the justices to hear...
...Hearing a lawsuit brought by James Dale, now 29, a New Jersey assistant scoutmaster expelled from the organization nine years ago after a newspaper revealed his sexual orientation, the New Jersey bench ruled unanimously that the Boy Scouts? broad-based membership and partnerships with police and fire departments and other public entities rendered it a "place of public accommodation" ? legally on a par with, say, a restaurant ? and therefore bound by the state?s anti-discrimination laws. "The New Jersey ruling is an important victory for the gay rights movement," says TIME correspondent Adam Cohen. "The ?place of public accommodation...
...Jersey is undergoing a renaissance of sorts. The "of sorts" refers to the fact that we don't really have anything to bring back, or, in the Latin, "naissance." But now we've got Lauryn Hill singing about her hometown, South Orange, and The Sopranos celebrating our family values, and New Jersey movie director Kevin Smith causing problems for both the Roman Catholic Church and Disney. There are even I LOVE NJ T shirts for sale at Newark Airport. I know airports in every state have those...
...course, no longer live in New Jersey, opting for the more exciting, cultured life of Manhattan. Nor do I intend to return; instead I feel drawn toward the easy life of the West Coast. Still, the New York Times makes me mad. That's probably because they rejected me for a job. That's so Jersey...