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Connecticut - Third State to legalize SS Marriage

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  1. beckyg

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    PFLAG Heralds Marriage Equality Decision in Connecticut
    State Becomes 3rd in Country to Legalize Marriage Equality for Same-Sex
    Couples

    Washington, DC - Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays
    (PFLAG) heralded a decision from the Connecticut Supreme Court, released
    today, legalizing marriage equality for same-sex couples. Eight
    same-sex couples challenged the state's ban on marriage in 2004, arguing
    that their constitutional rights to equal protection and due process
    were violated when they were denied marriage licenses. Today, the
    Supreme Court agreed with the couples, making the state the third in the
    country, along with Massachusetts and California, to officially
    recognize same-sex marriage.

    "PFLAG congratulates our friends, and celebrates with our families, in
    Connecticut today," said Jody M. Huckaby, the group's executive
    director. "The Connecticut Supreme Court has ruled in favor of
    families, in recognition of our fundamental right to marry the person we
    love and in the best interest of our core belief in liberty and justice
    for all. All families are stronger when every family is recognized and
    protected by the law. No loving couple should face discrimination and
    prejudice and today's ruling eliminates those barriers once and for
    all."

    In its ruling, the court found that, "the institution of marriage
    carries with it a status and significance that the newly created
    classification of civil unions does not embody," and, as such, "the
    state's bar

    against same sex marriage infringes on a fundamental right in violation
    of due process and discriminates on the basis of sex in violation of
    equal protection."

    "[O]ur conventional understand of marriage must yield to a more
    contemporary appreciation of the rights entitled to constitutional
    protection," the court concluded. Doing so, it found, "leads inevitably
    to the conclusion that gay persons are entitled to marry the otherwise
    qualified same-sex partner of their choice. To decide otherwise would
    require us to apply one set of constitutional principles to gay persons
    and another to all others." The decision concluded by find that,
    "same-sex couples cannot be denied the freedom to marry."

    "Today, Connecticut couples have won an essential victory in the
    struggle for basic legal rights and the dignity of all people," said
    Huckaby. "Tomorrow, and every day after that, all of us at PFLAG will
    remain vigilant in ensuring that those rights are never denied again and
    never taken away from those we love. Equality is moving forward, slowly
    but surely, in state after state. None of us must rest, however, until
    every state recognizes the rights of every citizen."

    For more information on PFLAG's work in support of marriage equality,
    visit www.pflag.org.
     
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  2. Mickey

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    I just read this myself. Thank you,Connecticut! 3 down,47 to go!
     
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    haha
    I just read this on the Wii news channel... only it said they were deciding this issue Friday.

    Becky, you're amazing but you can't expect me to go against my Wii! I'm actually typing on it now!

    *Is torn*
    At any rate, if it hasn't already passed, I'm about 95% sure it will. Congrats Connecticut :slight_smile:
     
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    What can I say? I'm a part of the BEST gay rights organization on the planet! News gets around quickly. :slight_smile:
     
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    omg, I feel so retarted... sorry for doubting you, Becky. I thought today was Monday XD

    I was in the shower and all of a sudden it hits me "today's FRIDAY!!"

    So yeah, haha
    *slaps self*

    Congrats Connecticut :grin:
     
    #5 Paralyzer, Oct 10, 2008
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    Thats awesome! Any progree like this makes me feel all warm and fuzzy XD
     
    #6 nodoubtjunkie, Oct 10, 2008
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    I had no idea Connecticut was even working on passing that. Lol. And I watch the news so often! Well that's a great thing. More and more states will start following... :slight_smile:
     
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    Thanks for posting this-- I read the New York Times online, but they had the article posted pretty far down on the home page so I missed it earlier.

    After reading the post, I pretty much grinned my face off and jumped up and down for five minutes I was so happy. :grin:

    Two states in one year... here's to hoping even more will follow suit!
     
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    Re: Connecticut - Third State to legalize Same Sex Marriage

    Yay! (!)(!)
    That's awesome! Three down, 47 to go.
    I'm waiting for a United States Supreme Court
    decision on this that affects the entire country
    though before I jump for joy. Like-Civil Rights
    Movement status-Marching on Washington
    and everything.
     
    #9 Fiorino, Oct 10, 2008
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    YEAH! AWESOME! Like, really, huge step in the right direction. This news made my day.
     
    #10 Derek the Wolf, Oct 10, 2008
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    Awesome :grin: :grin: :grin:
     
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    I first found out about it this afternoon, on a school computer, shortly before dismissal. I check MSN News whenever I get free time on a school computer, and I glanced over at the "Other News" section on the side. They have a tiny little article about it, and I read it, and I was so happy for all the Connecticut couples...but I was sad that I couldn't react a little more strongly, since I was in a room full of students. The article included this bit, which particularly annoyed me:

    I hate how all these anti-gay organizations claim to be in support of "protecting the family" or the "sacred institution of marriage". Bullshit. If you really wanted to protect marriage, there would be no divorce and no week-long celebrity marriages. Of course I'm still pushing for No on 8, the west coasters need their marriage too, but now we have three states with same-sex marriage legalized. How long until we have 50?
     
    #12 Wander, Oct 10, 2008
  13. SqueakyBubbles9

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    Yay I'm so excited! I couldn't believe it when I found out! Woo!!! (!)

    I just realized that now my former Writer's Workshop teacher can get married! Yay! So happy for her!
     
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    I just heard it on the news as I was opening this thread. Yea CT! :thumbsup:
     
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    i am still so excited about it, the media isnt covering it and that makes me mad!
     
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    Excellent. :grin:

    PFLAG needs to come and kick the UK up the arse. :stuck_out_tongue_closed_eyes:
     
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    YES!!!!!! haha like dominoes they all shall fall to our evil gay agenda of having equal rights ^_^
     
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    Hurray! I just heard about this earlier from a friend and we decided to go to dinner to celebrate. It's so exciting to see history being made and live through so many amazing changes. :eusa_clap
     
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    Yay!!!! Perhaps Rhode Island, trapped between Massachusetts and Connecticut will legalize soon!!
     
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