Gary Sabock, center, speaks with other same-sex couples after their weddings at City Hall in Jersey City, N.J., 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.