Conn. court overturns same-sex marriage ban
HARTFORD, Connecticut - Connecticut's Supreme Court ruled Friday that same-sex couples have the right to marry, making that state the third behind Massachusetts and California to legalize such unions.
The divided court ruled 4-3 that gay and lesbian couples cannot be denied the freedom to marry under the state constitution, and Connecticut's civil unions law does not provide those couples with the same rights as heterosexual couples.
This is bad because every other state in the Union now has to acknowledge these so-called marriages under Federal law.
Worse than that: once again a small cabal of judges, the kind of judges Barack Obama would appoint to the Supreme Court, have overriden the express will of the legislature and the people. And unless I miss my guess, the legislature and the people will roll over. |
Posted by: DLR 2008-10-10 |