Equality in Connecticut
by: TerranceDC
Fri Oct 10, 2008 at 15:27:02 PM EDT
http://pamshouseblend.com/showDiary.do;jsessionid=D34806A87BA9A8060F0679701EE41F20?diaryId=7485Part of the problem with my morning routine is that by the time I get around to checking the news, it isn't news any more. That is, it's already been blogged by everybody and their brother. But in case you haven't heard, the Connecticut Supreme Court overturned the state's marriage ban.
Connecticut's Supreme Court ruled Friday that same-sex couples have the right to marry, making that state the third behind Massachusetts and California to legalize such unions.
The divided court ruled 4-3 that gay and lesbian couples cannot be denied the freedom to marry under the state constitution, and Connecticut's civil unions law does not provide those couples with the same rights as heterosexual couples.