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Conn. Supreme Court Finds Gays Have a Constitutional Right to Marry
Connecticut has become the third state to allow gay marriages with a state supreme court ruling today finding a right to marry.
The 4-3 decision (PDF) was based on equal protection provisions of the state constitution, report the Associated Press and the Boston Globe.
The majority found that the state's civil union law established a separate and unequal institution for gays wishing to marry. "To decide otherwise would require us to apply one set of constitutional principles to gay persons and another to all others," Justice Richard Palmer wrote for the majority.
The majority evaluated the gay-marriage ban using an intermediate level of scrutiny and said classifications based on sexual orientation should… Continue reading...
