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Connecticut Court Rules in Favor of Gay Marriage

HeadlineOct 13, 2008

Connecticut’s Supreme Court has ruled that homosexuals have a constitutional right to marry. In a four-to-three decision, the court struck down the state’s civil-union law, comparing it to Jim Crow era laws that “relegated blacks to separate but supposedly equal public facilities.” Connecticut is now set to become the third state behind Massachusetts and California to legalize gay marriage.

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