Meredith Greenberg holds hands with her partner, Leora Pearlman, as Mayor Steven Fulop of Jersey City, N.J., center right, presides over their wedding in Jersey City Oct. 21, the same day New Jersey became the 14th U.S. state to legalize same-sex marriage. Gov. Chris Christie Oct. 21 withdrew an appeal his administration filed with the New Jersey Supreme Court to overturn a lower court judge ordering the state to allow same-sex marriage. (CNS photo/Shannon Stapleton, Reuters) (Oct. 22, 2013) See SAMESEX-APPEAL Oct. 22, 2013.