"Chicago Tribune" said: "New Jersey's highest court ruled today that same-sex couples deserve the same rights as married people, but stopped short of calling their partnerships "marriage," saying that decision should fall to the state Legislature.

"Raised here is the perplexing question — 'What's in a name?'" wrote Justice Barry T. Albin in the majority opinion. "We will not presume that a difference in name alone is of constitutional magnitude."

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In a sharply worded opinion that dissented with a portion of the majority decision, Chief Justice Deborah Poritz said the court should not sidestep the question of the word "marriage."

"Labels set people apart as surely as physical separation on a bus or in school facilities. Labels are used to perpetuate prejudice about differences that, in this case, are embedded in the law," she wrote. "Ultimately, the message is that what same-sex couples have is not as important or as significant as 'real' marriage.""