Constitutional Law

Connecticut High Court Rules For Marriage Equality

Connecticut has become the third state, along with Massachusetts and California, to grant gay couples the right to marry. The Connecticut Supreme Court ruled in Kerrigan v. Commissioner of Public Health that the state constitution’s equal protection clause prevents the state from denying all the rights and protections of marriage to gay couples. Eight same-sex couples brought the case after they were denied marriage licenses in 2004, the Hartford Courant reported. The California Supreme Court ruled earlier this year that the state’s constitution requires that gay couple be permitted to marry. Opponents of that ruling, however, are pushing for the approval of a ballot initiative that would outlaw gay marriage in the state. Shannon Minter, legal director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights, detailed the opposition to gay marriage in California in a guest blog post for ACS.  

Full post as published by ACS Blog on October 10, 2008 (boomark / email).