BREAKING; CT Supreme Court Overturns Ban on Same Sex Marriage

[SuperTrouper]

Now CT joins MA and CA. No challenges expected since it is on the CT ballot for this November.

[terrya]

1. Fantastic!! And may I please ask a favor?

Guys, PLEASE don't post any "why couldn't they have waited until after the election" posts? Please?

Just let us have our moment. This is GREAT news! This is what equality looks like. :-)

[chascarrillo]

4. Seconded.

[Jersey Devil]

6. Of course. There is no 'convenient' time to grant rights to those

who have been denied them. Every second those rights are denied they are relegated to second class citizenship.

[LostinVA]

14. Yeah, because we all know how NJ cost us the election in 2006

Oh wait -- it didn't!!!!

I agree -- some posters gave us, literally, a minute to cleberate before their negative bararge started.

Yay!

[TheWraith]

26. Actually, it's irrelevant as nobody besides us gives a fuck this election. nt

[barack the house]

28. It is important as if we take their wedge issues off the table the better,then they will have run>

on their empty ideas. Which can't really win them much in the end.

[redstate_democrat]

2. Woot!!

but how is it still on the CT ballot if the court overturned? Are they trying to change the CT constitution?

[SuperTrouper]

10. Yes, they are trying to amend the state Constitution against same sex marriage...it will fail.

[Curtland1015]

3. Awesome! Congrats to all our CT DUers!

Way to go!

[NewJeffCT]

5. and, I believe almost all the judges were appointed by Republican governors!

if not all of them - we haven't had a Democratic governor elected since 1986, I believe.

We had liberal Republican turned independent Lowell Weicker elected in '90, then Republic John Rowland in '94, '98, and '02 and then Republic Jodi Rell in '06.

edited to add - I believe they were all appointed to the Connecticut Supreme Court by Republican governors, though at least two were appointed by ex-Republican Lowell Weicker.

http://www.jud.state.ct.us/external/supapp/supjustices.htm

[WillyT]

7. Off To The Greatest Page !!!

:bounce::kick::bounce:

[brendan120678]

8. Cool....

Still, I'd encourage all my fellow CT citizens to vote NO to calling a Constitutional Convention this year.
I don't want to see the delegates to the convention proposing any Amendments banning gay marriage.

[ccharles000]

9. wonderful

[TexasObserver]

11. YaaaaYYY!!

[Lucky 13]

12. Awesome. Now all I gotta do is find the right girl!

[tandot]

13. This is wonderful.

:hi:

[Forkboy]

15. Cool beans!!!! Way to go CT!!!

:thumbsup:

[NewJeffCT]

16. the best part was

that all the judges were appointed by Republican governors

[Forkboy]

19. Heh...that is sweet.

Got to love it! :)

[terrya]

23. And please read this part of the decision. This was posted in GLBT.

Below is an excerpt from the decision. This is just outstanding. In every sense of the word.

We conclude that, in light of the history of pernicious discrimination faced by gay men and lesbians, and because the institution of marriage carries with it a status and significance that the newly created classification of civil unions does not embody, the segregation of heterosexual and homosexual couples into separate institutions constitutes a cognizable harm. We also conclude that (1) our state scheme discriminates on the basis of sexual orientation, (2) for the same reasons that classifications predicated on gender are considered quasi-suspect for purposes of the equal protection provisions of the United States constitution, sexual orientation constitutes a quasi-suspect classification for purposes of the equal protection provisions of the state constitution, and, therefore, our statutes discriminating against gay persons are subject to heightened or intermediate judicial scrutiny, and (3) the state has failed to provide sufficient justification for excluding same sex couples from the institution of marriage.

[SuperTrouper]

29. Jurisprudence at its best. CT again makes me proud.

[Chorophyll]

17. Yay, Connecticut!

Score one for humanity! Great news! :kick:

[helderheid]

18. YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:woohoo:

[Richard Steele]

20. Wow, great news! K&R

[BklynChick]

21. Fantastic!

[Jennicut]

22. I am so happy this happened in my state! Anyone Rethugs that bad mouths CT

now better realize that we are the "Constitution State" and that the early basis really for what really founded the democracy our country is built started with CT first organizing its own constituion. That happened in the good old liberal northeast. So much for us "hating America". I love my state right now!

[ccharles000]

24. kick

[Balderdash]

25. One happy lesbian joining the celebration!

:toast: :party:

[weezie1317]

27. Thank God! The country is coming to its senses!

[Abacus]

30. Why couldn't they have

done this sooner?
:P

[KathieG]

31. Yay! Proud of my home state!

:applause:

[freestyle]

32. Good for the Connecticut Supreme Court

I especially liked their use of the word "segregation" to describe creation of a separate institution for same sex couples.

Hopefully the people will vote down the call for a state constitutional convention, which has the main intent of again mandating discrimination against same sex couples.

[intheflow]

33. Hurray!!!

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

Congrats, my GLBTQ Brothers and Sisters! :toast:



Take that, Lieberman!

[ebdarcy]

34. Excellent news.

:applause: :woohoo: :applause:

[BlooInBloo]

35. Separate but equal slowly but surely is withering away. Thank goodness.

[SuperTrouper]

36. Joe LIEberman disagrees with decision: He opposes same-sex marriage.

[tbyg52]

37. Hooray! nt