REMOVAL OF QUERY ON RACE IS URGED.(MAIN)

Byline: LORI HINNANT Associated Press

TRENTON, N.J. -- A movement is afoot to end New Jersey's policy of recording the race of people seeking to be married, a practice some say is a relic from the days of segregation.

``I don't think it serves any particular value to keep a statistic like that,'' said State Assemblywoman Loretta Weinberg, who wrote a bill seeking to end the policy in response to a complaint from a resident. ``Hopefully we'll get to a day when that question isn't relevant at all.''

New Jersey is one of six states that record race on marriage licenses, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. California specifically …