All Nations Lutheran Church

432 West Side Avenue

Jersey City, NJ 07304

(201) 432-1050  jfbedlam@juno.com

Signed for Religious Leadership:

Pastor John F. Backe

All Saints' Episcopal Church

438 Valley Street

Orange, NJ 07051

(973) 674-4366  frjimpetroccione@aol.com

Signed for Congregation & Religious Leadership:

Rev. Jim Petroccione

All Saints Episcopal Parish

707 Washington Street

Hoboken, NJ 07030

(201) 792-3563  (201) 792-3994 (f)  gcurtiss@allsaintshoboken.com  www.allsaintshoboken.com

Signed for Congregation & Religious Leadership:

Rev. Geoffrey B. Curtiss

Bridge of Peace Community Church (ELCA)

P.O. Box 328, Yorkship & Tuckahoe Streets

Camden, NJ 08101-0328

(856) 365-1450 jalnsanchez@comcast.net  wolfgang@unidial.com  www.bridgeofpeace.com

Signed for Congregation & Religious Leadership:

Laura Nicholas Sanchez, Guidance Team Member

Rev. Wolfgang D. Herz-Lane

Calvery Evangelical Lutheran Church

1482 Maple Avenue

Hillside, NJ 07205

(973) 923-9321  fgnlr@unidial.com

Signed for Religious Leadership:

Rev. Nancy Ruckert

Rev. Fred Neiderhiser

Central Presbyterian Church

46 Park Street

Montclair, NJ 07042

(973) 744-5340  (973) 744-5341 (f)  cpc.pastor@verizon.net  www.CentralPresbyterian.net

Signed for Religious Leadership:

Rev. Laurie A. McNeill

Central Unitarian Church

156 Forest Avenue

Paramus, NJ 07652

(201) 262-6300  (201) 262-6369 (f)  office@cucparamus.org  www.cucparamus.org

Signed for Congregation & Religious Leadership:

Rev. Dr. Justin S. Osterman

Christ Church (Episcopal)

251 State Street

Hackensack, NJ 07601

(201) 342-2365  (201) 342-8938 (f)  hackcc@aol.com  www.christchurchhackensack.org

Signed for Congregation & Religious Leadership:

Rev. William C. Parnell

Christ Episcopal Church

393 Washington Avenue

Belleville, NJ 07109-3252

(973) 751-0616  walkerpe51@aol.com  www.christchurchbelleville.org

Signed for Congregation & Religious Leadership:

Rev. Paul E. Walker

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Christ Episcopal Church

74 Park Avenue

Glen Ridge, NJ 07028

(973) 743-5911  (973) 743-0216 (f)  ccinbg@juno.com  www.christchurchepiscopal.org

Signed for Religious Leadership:

Rev. Paul B. Williams

Christ Episcopal Church

Franklin Avenue & Cottage Place

Ridgewood, NJ 07450

(201) 652-2350  (201) 652-3644 (f)  ajousset@christridgewood.org  www.christridgewood.org

Signed for Congregation & Religious Leadership:

Rev. Albert Jousset

Church of Our Saviour

191 Flanagan Way

Secaucus, NJ 07094

(201) 863-1449  (201) 617-0596  hudson2005@verizon.net   www.secaucus.org/oursaviour

Signed for Congregation & Religious Leadership:

The Rev. Mark Alan Lewis

Church of St. John the Devine Episcopal

229 Terrace Avenue

Hasbrouck, NJ 07604

(201) 288-0002  (201) 288-9463 (f)  vicar@saintjohnthedivine.com   www.saintjohnthedivine.com

Signed for Religious Leadership:

The Rev. Joseph S. Pickard

Church of the Good Shepherd Episcopal

1576 Palisade Avenue

Fort Lee, NJ 07024

(201) 461-7260  (201) 461-2307 (f)  allimoore@earthlink.net  http://home.earthlink.net/~mauel/GoodShepherd.html  http://goodshepherd-fortlee.dioceseofnewark.org/ (new)

Signed for Religious Leadership:

The Rev. Allison Moore, Ph.D.

Church of the Transfiguration

9 Two Bridges Road

Towaco, NJ 07082

(973) 394-0566  (973) 334-5044 (o)  (973) 334-4668 (f)  revcdy@aol.com  http://www.dioceseofnewark.org/transfiguration-towaco/

Signed for Religious Leadership:

Rev. C. Denise Yarbrough

Community Presbyterian Church

1459 Deer Path

Mountainside, NJ 07092-9490

(908) 232-9490  chrisbelden@prodigy.net

Signed for Religious Leadership:

Dr. Christopher Belden

Congregation Adas Emuno

254 Broad Avenue

Leonia, NJ 07605

(201) 592-1712 ext. 2  (201) 947-0701 (f)  cantorshapiro@yahoo.com

Signed for Religious Leadership:

Cantor Kerith Spencer-Shapiro

Congregation Beth Hatikvah

P.O. Box 563

200 Main Street

Chatham, NJ 07928

(973) 701-1665  (973) 701-0003 (f)  rabbiamy@bethhatikvah.org office@bethhatikvah.org  www.bethhatikvah.org

Signed for Congregation & Religious Leadership:

Congregation Beth Hatikvah President

Rabbi Amy J. Small

Congregation Bnai Jeshurun

1025 South Orange Avenue

Short Hills, NJ 07078

(201) 709-3822  faithjoy@dantowitz.com

Signed for Religious Leadership:

Rabbi Faith Joy Dantowitz

Evangelical Lutheran Church of America

201 Sandy Ridge - Mt. Airy Road

Stockton, NJ 08659

(609) 773-0588  (609) 396-7646 (f)  bdavidson@njsynod.org

Signed for Religious Leadership:

Rev. Bruce H. Davidson

Emanuel Lutheran Church (ELCA)

New & Kirkpatrick Streets

New Brunswick, NJ 08901

(732) 545-2673  (732) 545-0356 (f)  emanuelnb@worldnet.att.net  www.emanuelnb.org

Signed for Congregation & Religious Leadership:

Rev. Dr. Jeffrey C. Eaton

Episcopal Church of the Holy Communion

7 Church Street

Fair Haven, NJ 07704

(732) 747-4671  (732) 741-5102 (f)  holycommunionfh@aol.com

Signed for Religious Leadership:

Rev. James C. McReynolds

First Congregational, United Church of Christ

109 Continental Avenue

River Edge, NJ 07661

(201) 261-1712  (201) 261-4949 (f)  reverendpaul@verizon.net

Signed for Religious Leadership:

Rev. Paul Bryant-Smith

First Congregational Church, United Church of Christ

P.O. Box 111, Harrington Avenue & West Streets

Closter, NJ 07624

(201) 768-7285  fcclostr@worldnet.att.net  fcclostr.home.att.net

Signed for Religious Leadership:

Rev. John A. Mills

First Congregational Church, United Church of Christ

40 South Fullerton Avenue

Montclair, NJ 07042-3357

(973) 744-4856  pastorscott@mycomcast.com  www.firstchurchmontclair.org

Signed for Religious Leadership:

Rev. D. Scott Howell

First Lutheran Church

153 Park Street

Montclair, NJ 07042

(973) 857-5486  (973) 857-7649 (f)  snagle@concentric.net

Signed for Religious Leadership:

Rev. Susan E. Nagle

First Presbyterian Church

513 Birch Street

Boonton, NJ 07005-0149

(973) 334-3535  (973) 334-3549 (f)  pastor_jean@yahoo.com

Signed for Religious Leadership:

Rev. Jean A.F. Holmes

First Unitarian Society of Plainfield

724 Park Avenue

Plainfield, NJ 07060

(908) 756-0750 (908) 769-0452 (f)  mail@fusp.org  www.fusp.org

Signed for Congregation & Religious Leadership:

John Hawkins, President

Rev. Kathie Davis-Thomas

First Unitarian Universalist Church of Essex County

35/47 Cleveland Street

Orange, NJ 07050

(973) 674-0010  minister@essexuu.org  www.essexuu.org

Signed for Congregation & Religious Leadership:

The Rev. Anthony P. Johnson

The Rev. Y.C. Johnson

First Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Hunterdon County

Oak Summit Road

P.O. Box 122

Baptistown, NJ 08803

(908) 996-3964  mattorobg@aol.com  www.geocities.com/marionessa/FirstUUHunterdonCounty.html

Signed for Religious Leadership:

Rev. Rob Gregson

Gloria Dei Lutheran Church

300 Shunpike Road

Chatham, NJ 07928

(973) 635-5889  (973) 635-3605 (f)  rkriesat@aol.com

Signed for Religious Leadership:

Rev. Robert Kriesat

Grace Church in Newark

950 Broad Street

Newark, NJ 07102

(973) 623-1733  (973) 622-1222 (f)  gracenewark@aol.com  www.gracechurchinnewark.org/

Signed for Religious Leadership:

The Rev. J. Carr Holland

Grace-St. Paul's Episcopal Church

3715 East State Street Extension

Mercerville, NJ 08619-2447

(609) 586-6004  jzamboni@juno.com

Signed for Religious Leadership:

Rev. Jack Zamboni

Rev. Susan Norris

Jewish Community Center of Belle Mead

253 Griggstown Road

Belle Mead, NJ 08502

(908) 359-0420  (908) 359-8848 (f)  www.jccbm.org

Signed for Religious Leadership:

Rabbi Shana Margolin

Kingston United Methodist Church

P.O. Box 261, 9 Church Street

Kingston, NJ 08528

(609) 921-6812  (570) 676-0596  kumc@juno.com  mccallum@ptd.net  www.gbgm-umc.org/kingston-nj

Signed for Congregation & Religious Leadership:

Norma Smiles, Chair

Rev. Carole McCallum

Leonia United Methodist Church

396 Broad Avenue

Leonia, NJ 07605

(201) 944-2970  (201) 944-3123 (f)

Signed for Religious Leadership:

Rev. Robert L. Boettner

Mickleton Friends Meeting (Quakers)

413 Kings Highway (Rt. 551)

Mickleton, NJ 08056

(856) 845-7682  cbesloane@jersey.net 

www.pym.org/salem-qm/mickleton/index.htm

Signed for Congregation & Religious Leadership:

C. Barry E. Sloane, Clerk

Monmouth Reform Temple

332 Hance Avenue

Tinton Falls, NJ 07724

(732) 747-9365  (732) 747-9770 (f)  spriesand@monmouth.com  www.monmouth.com/~mrt/

Signed for Religious Leadership:

Rabbi Sally J. Priesand

Montclair Unity Church

84 Orange Road

Montclair, NJ 07042

(973) 746-8417

Signed for Congregation:

Rev. Phyllis Crichlow

New Brunswick Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends

109 Nichol Avenue

New Brunswick, NJ 08902

(732) 846-8969  peterday@optonline.net  www.nyym.org/newbrunswick/

Signed for Congregation:

Peter Day, Clerk

Oasis of the Episcopal Diocese of Newark, The

31 Mulberry Street

Newark, NJ 07102

(973) 430-9909  (973) 622-3503 (f)  lynh@dioceseofnewark.org  www.theoasis.dioceseofnewark.org

Signed for Congregation & Religious Leadership:

Lyn Headley-Deavours, Justice Missioner

John Simonelli, Chair of Commission

Presbyterian Church in Leonia

P.O. Box 448, 181 Fort Lee Road

Leonia, NJ 07605

(201) 944-1358  givenips@cs.com  www.leoniapres.org

Signed for Religious Leadership:

Rev. Debra P. Given

Redeemer Lutheran Church (ELCA)

3531 State Route 33

Neptune, NJ 07753-3003

(732) 922-2757  pastor@nj-redeemer.com  www.nj-redeemer.com

Signed for Religious Leadership:

Pastor Randy Steinman

St. Alban's Episcopal Church

P.O. Box 35, 1 Church Lane

Oakland, NJ 07436

(201) 337-4909  (201) 651-9486 (f)  rnpsingh@aol.com

Signed for Religious Leadersip:

Rev. Prince Singh

St. John's Church

1514 Palisade Avenue

Union City, NJ 07087

(201) 348-3966  smg47@optonline.net

Signed for Religious Leadership:

Rev. Steven Giovangelo

St. John's Episcopal Church

226 Cornelia Street

Boonton, NJ 07045

(973) 334-3655  (973) 334-5882 (f)  www.stjohnsboonton.geomerx.com

Signed for Congregation & Religious Leadership:

Stephanie Wethered, Rector

St. Luke's Episcopal Church

P.O. Box 292, High Street

Hope, NJ 07844

(908) 459-4340  (908) 459-4923 (f)  stlukes@goes.com  www.aboutstlukes.com

Signed for Congregation & Religious Leadership:

Fr. William A. Potter

St. Luke's Episcopal Church

73 South Fullerton Avenue

Montclair, NJ 07042

(973) 744-6220  (973) 744-1722 (f)  www.intac.com/~stlukes

Signed for Religious Leadership:

Rev. Dr. Robert Schiesler

St. Matthew Church (ELCA)

2201 New York Avenue

Union City, NJ 07087

(201) 867-2058  (201) 348-1855 (f)  gusvinajeras@aol.com

Signed for Religious Leadership:

The Rev. Gus Vinageras

St. Paul's Congregational, United Church of Christ

10 St. Paul's Place

Nutley, NJ 07110

(973) 667-4812  stpauls10@netzero.com

Signed for Religious Leadership:

Rev. Shawn Garvey

St. Paul's Episcopal Church

451 Van Houten Street

Paterson, NJ 07501

(973) 278-7900 x 12  (973) 684-5130 (f)  admin@stpaulspaterson.org  rectorstpaul@aol.com

Signed for Religious Leadership:

Rev. David B. Wolf

Rev. Edgar Gutierrez

St. Paul's Lutheran Church

61 Church Street

Teaneck, NJ 07666

(201) 837-3189  (201) 837-1405 (f)  wayne.olsen@sonybmg.com  www.lutheransonline.com/stpaulstneck

Signed for Religious Leadership:

The Rev. Gary C. LeCroy

Wayne Olsen, Council President

Temple Emanu-El

100 James Street

Edison, NJ 08820

(732) 549-4442  (732) 549-2814 (f)  rabbiappell@verizon.net  www.edisontemple.org

Signed for Congregation & Religious Leadership:

Rabbi Victor S. Appell

Rabbi Alfred Landsberg

Temple Emanu-El

756 East Broad Street

Westfield, NJ 07090

(908) 232-6770  (908) 233-3959 (f)  redelman@tewnj.org  www.tewnj.org

Signed for Congregation & Religious Leadership:

Rabbi Doug Segal

Rabbi Renee Edelman

Rabbi Mary Zamore

Rabbi Charles Kroloff

Cantor Martha Novick

Temple Rodeph Torah

P.O. Box 125, Mohawk Drive

Marlboro, NJ 07746

(732) 308-0055  www.trt.org

Signed for Religious Leadership:

Rabbi Donald A. Weber

Temple Shalom

5 Ayrmont Lane

Aberdeen, NJ 07747

(732) 566-2621  (732) 566-4185 (f)  rabbimal@optonline.net  shalom@monmouth.com

Signed for Congregation & Religious Leadership:

Rabbi Laurence Malinger

Trinity Episcopal Church

Ryers Lane

Matawan, NJ 07747

(732) 591-9210  (732) 591-6070 (f)  dpmantell@aol.com  www.trinityepiscopalmatawan.com

Signed for Congregation & Religious Leadership:

Rev. Denise Mantell

Trinity Lutheran Church

295 Hudson Place

Fairview, NJ 07022

(201) 941-5755  tomdnyc@aol.com  www.trinityfairview.org

Signed for Religious Leadership:

Rev. Thomas E. Dorsey

Unitarian Church in Summit

4 Waldron Avenue

Summit, NJ 07901

(908) 273-3245  (908) 273-5790 (f)  uucs@ucsummit.org  www.ucsummit.org

Signed for Religious Leadership:

Rev. Vanessa R. Southern

Unitarian Church of Montclair

67 Church Street

Montclair, NJ 07042

(973) 744-6276  (973) 744-0131 (f)  cbortman@aol.com  rejatom@aol.com  www.uumontclair.org

Signed for Religious Leadership:

Rev. Charles Blustein Ortman

Rev. Judy Tomlinson

Unitarian Society of New Brunswick

176 Tices Lane

East Brunswick, NJ 08816

(732) 246-3113  usnb@eclipse.net  www.usnb.org 

Signed for Congregation:

Kimberly Anderson, President

Unitarian Universalist Church

401 North Kings Highway

Cherry Hill, NJ 08034

(856) 667-3618  (856) 667-9552 (f)  uucch@aol.com  www.uucinch.org

Signed for Congregation & Religious Leadership:

Lee R. Phillips, President

Rev. Melanie Morel-Ensminger

Unitarian Universalist Church at Washington Crossing

268 Washington Crossing - Penn Road

Titusville, NJ 08560-1511

(609) 737-0515  (609) 730-1148 (f)  uucwc@nerc.com  uurevchas@msn.com  www.uucwc.org

Signed for Congregation & Religious Leadership:

Linda Kay, President

Rev. Charles J. Stephens

Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Monmouth County

1475 West Front Street

Lincroft, NJ 07738-1118

(732) 747-0707  revhepler@aol.com

Signed for Congregation & Religious Leadership:

Rev. Kathleen D. Hepler, Minister

Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Somerset Hills

45 N. Gaston Avenue

Somerville, NJ 08876

(908) 927-0601  (908) 927-0604 (f)  uucsh@att.net  www.uucsh.org

Current Congregation & Religious Leadership:

Susan Stanbury, President

Rev. Evan Keely [opinion]

Unitarian Universalist Ocean County Congregation

P.O. Box 5184

Toms River, NJ 08754-5184

(732) 244-3455  uuocc_nj@yahoo.com  www.uuocc.org

Signed for Congregation:

Deborah Brennan, President

United Church of Christ Plainfield Congregational

220 West 7th Street

Plainfield, NJ 07090

(908) 755-8658  (908) 755-8652 (f)  jcolvin99@aol.com

Signed for Congregation & Religious Leadership:

Larry Bashe, Moderator

Rev. James Colvin

Wharton United Presbyterian Church

223 N. Main Street, P.O. Box 462

Wharton, NJ 07885

(973) 328-0032  (973) 328-1030 (f)  rmiller.curras@nac.net  www.whartonwupc.com

Signed for Religious Leadership:

The Rev. Robin Miller Currįs

The following are Retired Religious Leaders

Rev. Carol S. Haag

revcarolh@aol.com

Princeton, NJ

formerly with

Unitarian Church in Summit

Summit, NJ

Rev. Charles L. Hale, Jr.

info@2hales.us

Plainfield, NJ

formerly with

Presbyterian Church, U.S.A.

Rt. Rev. John Shelby Spong

Morris Plains, NJ

formerly with

Episcopal Church as 8th Bishop of Newark

Newark, NJ

The following Congregations and Religious Leaderships Supporting Same-Sex Civil Marriage are outside of the State of New Jersey

Northern Virginia Ethical Society

P.O. Box 984

Vienna, VA 22183

(703) 437-3161  voves@noves.org  www.noves.org

Signed for Congregation:

Jone Johnson Lewis

Jerry Ziskind

Orthodox Catholic Church of America

Archdiocese of North America
Crosswood Monastery
5355 County Road, #35
Auburn, IN 46706-9717
(260) 927-0368  hebc7695@aol.com

See website below for local Communities and Ministries:

 www.orthodoxcatholicchurch.org

Recommended by:

Rev. Carlos Florido, OSF

The Order of St. Aelred

St. Aelred Friendship Society

13 Maginoo Street

Barangay Pinyhan

1100 Quezon City

Metro Manila, Philippines

(632) 433-7277, (63) 920 903 4909 (c) saintaelred@gmail.com

http://www.geocities.com/staelredmonasterymanila/  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/saeffriends  http://richardrmickley.blogspot.com

Signed for Congregation & Religious Leadership:

Fr. Richard R. Mickley, Abbot - O.S.Ae., Ph.D.

Bishop, The Catholic Diocese of One Spirit