Connecticut Court Rules in Favor of Same Sex Marriage
The Connecticut Supreme Court ruled today that same-sex couples have the right to marry under that state's constitution. The eight couples who filed suit in 2004 argued that they had been unfairly denied the benefits of marriage that heterosexual couples are entitled to. Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell has said that she would not challenge the court's ruling.
Connecticut, following in the path of Massachusetts and California, will become the third state in the nation to allow same-sex marriage. Polls have shown that while most Americans are still very much reluctant to say the law should recognize gay marriages, support has increased in the past dozen or so years. And six in 10 believe that legal recognition is inevitable. Yet while more than half say allowing gay marriages would degrade the institution of marriage, just as many say the government should not promote traditional marriages.
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It always seems like being fair and equal always means that the conservative or traditional view gets overrun. Any couple can commit to each other, they can call it anything they want. "Marriage" is the term used to describe a commitment of a man to a woman and the woman to the man. No rights are being denied except same sex couples need to come up with the term they would like. "Marriage" is already taken.
Marriage is commitment between two consenting adults who love each other. Rights are rights. Denying someone's rights because they don't follow a "conservative or traditional" way is unconstitutional.
If marriage between a man and a woman is done away with and any couple committing to each other is called"marriage" happens, the right of parents to choose how to instruct their children will be removed as school instruction will change also. The rights of many religions will be denied, they will be accused of being biased and "unequal" in their teachings if this change is allowed. Church leaders will be vulnerable to law suits if they, by religious beliefs, choose to not perform"marriage" ceremonies for same sex couples. There is a law on the books giving same sex couples all the same rights as heterosexual couples...it doesn't need to infringe on the rights of heterosexual couples to be fair. Gay couples need to come up with another term for their life-long commitments to each other..."marriage" is already taken. To be FAIR, it needs to work BOTH ways.
The "benefits of marriage" are already on the books and available for all gay couples. That is a bogus precedent.
This is not true. Here's a list of the rights recognized by the federal government when a couple is married
I think we can all swim in an integrated marriage pool. there's room in here for gay couples too.
I say, civil unions for all and get the government out of the marriage business.
I’m not sure why this would be more controversial than the situation now in California. What the social left objects to is difference in treatment of straights and gays, and what the social right objects to calling a gay union “marriage.”
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Regarding the Connecticut Court Rules in Favor of Same Sex Marriages, I would like to know if Governor M. Jodi Rell is gay. Gay couples have NOT been unfairly treated! That is hogwash! When I was a single mother I had to intake lesbians in a medical office, who were nurses, and THEY had medical insurance through their partner who was also a lesbian and here I was a normal human being, a heterosexual and I lived with a man I later married, but at the time, I could not get medical insurance through his employer. Now THAT is unfair!
When God created man and woman it was Adam and Eve not Adam and Steve! I feel like many Americans do, GAY people are NOT entitled to the same benefits that heterosexual couples are entitled to. I would not want my grandchildren exposed to the idea that having sex with the same sex person is OKAY because IT IS NOT OKAY!
In California I voted Yes on Proposition 8 just like millions of other Californians did. It doesn't take away the rights or benefits from gay or lesbian domestic partners! The defeat of Proposition 8 would impose very serious consequences on California or any other State, including gay marriage being taught in schools! God forbids this! This is morally wrong and although our God is a forgiving God he would NOT condone such behavior!
Keep it in private for crying out loud. This is a sick pratice. Most of these lesbians have been mistreated by a man and most gay men have been molested by a man as a child or young adult as studies have shown. Sickness begat sickness.
NOT WITH MY GRAND KIDS YOU WON'T!!!!!
I agree!!!!! that is with the Grandmom!
Why not refer to the union of same sex as "commitment agreement" with all the rights as a heterosexual union called "marriage"?
Hello,my name is branden bodley i am with the conflict becuase we need to be treated the same way some people don't like people like us so like i say we are going to make it with a fight or the other way
I strongly disagree with the grandmother on this issue. It says in the bible we are ALL created in God's image, then God must be gay too. And if He was truly forgiving, He wouldn't care if you were gay or not.
i think that all people should be treated equally! its almost like being racist, not letting someone marry the person they want to, if you love and care for someone and you feel comfertable around them i feel you should let them do whatever they want to and you should only worry about yourself and forget about what everyone else is doing, its none of your buisness
What happened to our morels? where did they go cause it seems like there is none.. I am WOMAN proudly married to a wonderful MAN and have a great son who loves girls and thats how i plan on keeping it...I can be nice to them but i do not approve of it there is a place for them and its at a old fashion pentacostal alter... God can change them I know he can
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