Jon Corzine kinda sorta came out against civil unions yesterday. The New Jersey governor told reporters that he has "significant concerns" about the legislation, which a commission just found to be flawed.

Said Corzine: "The report does raise significant concerns about whether the law has effectively granted same-sex couples the same rights and benefits of every other family in the state."

Despite his hesitancy, however, ally Corzine will not push for gay marriage until after this November's election. While on the surface it may seem like Corzine's skirting the issue, but he's most probably trying to keep wedge issues off the table lest he fuck up the Democratic game.

Some American dreams are unraveling in New Jersey. Over two thousands gay men and women have registered for civil unions since the Garden State legalized them last year, but a commemorative study show that civil unions aren't as protective as some would like to believe:

A state commission report to be released Tuesday — the first anniversary of New Jersey's civil union law — concludes it falls far short of a state Supreme Court order to give "same-sex couples … the same rights and benefits as heterosexual couples who choose to marry."

"Civil union status is not clear to the general public, which creates a second-class status," the Civil Union Review Commission says in its report.

Others give harsher assessments.

"The law is just a complete and utter failure," said Tom Prol, a trustee of the New Jersey State Bar Association. "It's a failed experiment in discrimination."

We wonder what Democratic presidential contenders Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, both of whom toot their civil union supporting horn, will have to say about this one…

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New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine must have talked some sense into United Parcel Service.

The mail giant came under fire after denying Garden State employees the same benefits as their straight colleagues. Now Allen Hill, UPS human resources VP, backtracked via press release:

Based on an initial legal review when New Jersey's law was enacted, it did not appear that a 'civil union' and 'marriage' were equivalent. Over the past week, however, we have received clear guidance that at least in New Jersey, the state truly views civil union partners as married. We've heard that loud and clear from state officials and we're happy to make this change.

And, we're sure, avoid even more scandal.

New Jersey governor Jon Corzine penned a letter to United Parcel Service CEO Michael Eskew asking the courier to abide by his state's civil union laws.

UPS made headlines when they refused to grant gay couples the same benefits as their straight counterparts. Federal law allows, but does not require, interstate businesses to eschew inherently unequal civil union laws.

Now Corzine's trying to get them in line.

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