Shock: Connecticut Supreme Court Strikes Down State Ban on Same-sex "Marriage"

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[LifeSiteNews] 11 Oct 2008--Today, in a shocking 4-3 decision, the Connecticut Supreme Court stuck down the state's ban on homosexual "marriage," making Connecticut the third state to allow homosexuals to legally "marry."

Justice Richard N. Palmer, reversing a lower court ruling that concluded that same-sex civil unions legalized in 2005 offer the same rights as marriage, found that the "segregation of heterosexual and homosexual couples into separate institutions constitutes a cognizable harm." Palme justified his decision in light of "the history of pernicious discrimination faced by gay men and lesbians, and because the institution of marriage carries with it a status and significance that the newly created classification of civil unions does not embody."

Palmer also wrote that "the state had failed to provide sufficient justification for excluding same-sex couples from the institution of marriage."

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