Child care centers initially were allowed to stay open during the pandemic, after the schools were ordered to close, since families still needed child care. However, on March 28, Murphy ordered all child care centers to close on April 1 unless they could verify that they were caring only for the children of essential workers.
On May 21 a letter was sent to Gov. Phil Murphy from a law firm representing 67 churches and their pastors and congregants arguing the right to assemble and worship.
Montclair has always been a town that welcomes true love and marriage, unlike some states in the Union. Kirsten D. Levingston's "Welcome to Montclair."
Hundreds rally in Montclair to support LGBTQ+ equalities in New Jersey. Garden State Equality states on their website they're "working to ban the gay and trans panic defense, reform HIV criminalization laws, secure statewide funding for homeless LGBTQ youth, and pass a bill of rights for LGBTQ older adults...