HARTFORD, Connecticut (CNN) -- The Connecticut Supreme Court ruled Friday that gay and lesbian couples have the right to get married.

The ruling makes Connecticut the third state, after Massachusetts and California, to decide its constitution mandates treating citizens equally when applying for marriage licenses, regardless of their sexual orientation.

"Interpreting our state constitutional provisions in accordance with firmly established equal protection principles leads inevitably to the conclusion that gay persons are entitled to marry the otherwise qualified same sex partner of their choice," the ruling said.

"To decide otherwise would require us to apply one set of constitutional principles to gay persons and another to all others. The guarantee of equal protection under the law, and our obligation to uphold that command, forbids us from doing so. In accordance with these state constitutional requirements, same sex couples cannot be denied the freedom to marry."

The decision would only allow gay couples the state benefits of marriage. The Defense of Marriage Act, passed in 1996, denies gay couples federal recognition of state marriages, which provides for federal benefits with regard to Social Security, taxation, immigration and others.

Connecticut, Vermont, New Hampshire and New Jersey have civil unions.

Connecticut Supreme Court legalizes same-sex marriage - CNN.com

And another state admits the obvious...

it's wonderful news ... but of course the struggle goes on. There is a prop.8 style ballot initiative here in CT this year.

Just another way to spend millions of dollars

My favorite part of the whole thing was the dissenting opinion today. If we have gay couples marrying, it means we can't regulate procreation.

um



what?!?!

__________________
"No man is happy without a delusion of some kind. Delusions are as necessary to our happiness as realities."
...Christian Nestell Bovee

If I could regulate procreation, there's a whole lotta folks I wouldn't let have kids.
...checking...nope none of 'em are gay...

__________________
Frugal tip: To keep potatoes from budding, place an apple in the bag with the potatoes.

How to Fold a Shirt

Salty's Blog

Isn't that absurd?!

The minority opposing opinion actually said that marriage was to regulate procreation.

And they say OBAMA is a communist?!?!?!?!?!

__________________
"No man is happy without a delusion of some kind. Delusions are as necessary to our happiness as realities."
...Christian Nestell Bovee