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The New Jersey Supreme Court declined Monday to hear a marriage equality case, saying that the six same-sex couples seeking the right to marry must start with the state’s lower courts, the AP reports.
The couple sought to challenges New Jersey’s civil union law on the grounds it does not provide the full equality that marriage would.
According to the AP:
Gay couples unsuccessfully sued New Jersey four years ago for the right to marry. They claim that by creating civil unions, the state has not fulfilled a court order to treat them the same as heterosexual couples seeking to marry.
The Supreme Court said Monday that it cannot consider whether the civil union law provides equal rights to gay couples until there is a trial record.
The motion to hear the case the was denied by a one-vote margin.
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