Today, the Connecticut Supreme Court has ruled that it is legal for same-sex couples to get married. This makes Connecticut the third state that makes gay marriage constitutional.
It would seem that the LGBT rights movement has scored another valuable victory. This time, the victory was scored in the state of Connecticut. A decision by the Connecticut Supreme Court had ruled it legal for same-sex couples to get married. Not long ago back in June, California became the second state to legalize gay marriage. The California court had ruled it constitutional for same-sex couples to get married.
However, in the California race, opponents of same-sex marriage have been pushing the very unpopular Proposition 8. Under Proposition 8, it would be mandated that same-sex marriage would be unconstitutional. So far, Proposition 8 has not been getting much public support. Interestingly enough, opponents of same-sex marriage have been pouring in a lot of cash towards Proposition 8.
Guess there are plenty of people in California are trying to get rid of same-sex marriages.
This is what the Connecticut state ruling has 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.”
In simple terms, same-sex couples now have the legal right to marry in the state of Connecticut. However, this only applies to state benefits. They will not be eligible for federal benefits.
But, it is a start. Before that, Connecticut along with Vermont and New Hampshire had allowed for civil unions. Maybe Vermont and New Hampshire may follow suit afterwards.
This decision had come after eight couples sued arguing that civil unions were not the same as marriages.
The ruling is a victory for the LGBT community. However, we can expect opponents of same-sex marriage to try to come up something similar to California’s Proposition 8. It would be highly likely.
