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TechnoratiOf the 150 people who testified or wrote letters to the commission, only 10 opposed allowing gay couples to marry. Some opposed gay marriage on religious grounds and some — including Brannigan — argued that civil unions were working well.
The report cited another study that found that allowing gay marriage in New Jersey would help the state in lean economic times, too: It estimated that gay weddings would add nearly $250 million to the state's economy over three years.
Meanwhile, the Iowa Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday from prosecutors and attorneys for six gay couples and three of their children over a district court's decision to overturn that state's gay-marriage ban last year. Only one gay couple managed to marry before the judge who issued the ruling stayed his decision.
Prosecutors argued that the ruling overturning the ban violated the separation of powers because the gay marriage issue should be left up to state lawmakers to decide, not the courts.
Attorneys for the plaintiffs argued their clients should have the same right to marry that heterosexual couples have.
It could take a year or more before a ruling is issued, attorneys involved in the case said.
Associated Press writers David Porter in Newark and Amy Lorentzen in Des Moines, Iowa, contributed to this report.
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