| *Breaking News* Conn. court legalizes gay marriage; Ruling says 'couples cannot be denied the freedom to marry'
The Connecticut Supreme Court today ruled that denying marriage rights ... |
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Ruling says 'couples cannot be denied the freedom to marry' Quote:
The Connecticut Supreme Court today ruled that denying marriage rights to same-sex couples is unconstitutional.
Connecticut is now poised to become the nation’s third state to allow same-sex marriage, joining California and Massachusetts.
"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 says. "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."
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Don't get your hopes up to high, shu, because I don't think it'll make marrying your buttplug legal.
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Originally Posted by American  Don't get your hopes up to high, shu, because I don't think it'll make marrying your buttplug legal. | Okay, that was funny! 
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Originally Posted by American Don't get your hopes up to high, shu, because I don't think it'll make marrying your buttplug legal. | 
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Originally Posted by shuamort | Hmm.
Obama disagrees.
Who would have thought?
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Originally Posted by Goobieman Hmm.
Obama disagrees.
Who would have thought? | Do you have a point, or were you looking for an excuse to bring up Obama in a thread that has nothing to do with Obama? 
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Originally Posted by Goobieman Hmm.
Obama disagrees.
Who would have thought? | Where did the article say that?
Well, anyway, all Obama needs to do is find some way of not pissing anybody off, and yes, that does even include psychotic homophobes. He doesn't technically even need to have an opinion one way or the other, as the courts will decide, one after another, that laws against gay marriage are unconstitutional. | |
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Why don't just let all gay people move to Connecticut? | |
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