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News & ArtsWednesday, November 12, 2008
Homo Some Good News on the Marriage Equality Front
Posted by Dan Savage on Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 6:48 AM
Same-sex couples can legally wed in the state of Connecticut as of today. The proof? Same-sex wedding cake toppers on the home page of the Hartford Courant:
The reaction? It's not a big fucking deal, people:
Same-sex marriage comes to Connecticut more than four years after it arrived in Massachusetts. Those first-in-the-nation gay weddings were met with a burst of hoopla. Reporters from as far as Japan came to cover the story, the "Today" show broadcast from Boston's City Hall Plaza and there were scattered protests amid the celebrations, according to accounts in the Boston Globe.Contrast that to Connecticut, where the gay rights coalition Love Makes a Family has received a smattering of calls from international media, "but nothing compared to what they received in Mass.," said Anne Stanback, the group's president....
Polls show that a majority of the state's residents approve of the court's same-sex marriage ruling. Liz Radl, 24, of Bristol, counts herself among them. She has friends who are gay and said she is thrilled that they will now be treated equally under the law.
The bigots? They're not happy—and they're plotting:
Peter Wolfgang, executive director of the Family Institute of Connecticut, disputed the notion that state residents don't care about same-sex marriage, saying the group was flooded with calls the day the Connecticut Supreme Court issued its ruling. Wolfgang also was heartened that most of the institute's endorsed candidates were victorious in the legislative election...."We will work for the day when marriage as between a man and a woman will be protected and restored in Connecticut," he said. "In the meantime, we will work to limit the damage."
I don't know they must be standing at the court house telling straight people that they don't need to get divorced just because The Gays are now getting married.
Thank you for standing for justice and equality for all and not just for a few.
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