The towns excluded language with a third gender option, the attorney general said.
for allegedly violating state law by excluding certain LGBTQ individuals from marriage license applications on their websites.
The application forms “do not permit nonbinary people to apply for marriage licenses unless they misgender themselves, under oath, as either `m’ or `f’ ,” the state said Wednesday. This does not conform with the Department of Health’s rules for marriage licence applications, “which has included a third gender option for nonbinary applicants and other people with undesignated or unspecified gender identities since 2019,” the state notice said.the attorney general’s office said.
“Marriage equality is not just the law. It is a fundamental right,” Attorney General Matt Platkin said. “The marriage equality enforcement actions we are announcing today reflect our continued commitment to ensuring that municipal governments do not discriminate against couples seeking marriage licenses on the basis of their gender, gender identity, or gender expression.”
The Division of Civil Rights issued the notices of violations to Audubon, Carney’s Point, Chester Township, Commercial, Delran, Fair Haven, Farmingdale, Hi-Nella, Lopatcong, Lumberton, Manasquan, Milltown, Morris Plains, Morristown, Ocean Gate, Oceanport, Old Bridge, Pemberton, Pennsauken, Pohatcong, Raritan Borough, Stockton, Sussex Borough, Vineland, West Cape May, Westhampton, Westville and Woodlynne.
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