10.10.2008

Add three to that list

The list of states that allow us queerlies to marry each other, not the list of "Who I'd bang if celebrities were a viable option." (P.S. Mine are Jennifer Aniston, Megan Fox and Eva Mendes. Truth.)

No, Connecticut is now an option for those icky spring weddings that everyone is wild about these days. From CNN:

The ruling makes Connecticut the third state, after Massachusetts and California, to decide its constitution mandates treating citizens equally when applying for marriage licenses, regardless of their sexual orientation.

"Interpreting our state constitutional provisions in accordance with firmly established equal protection principles leads inevitably to the conclusion that gay persons are entitled to marry the otherwise qualified same sex partner of their choice," the ruling said.

"To decide otherwise would require us to apply one set of constitutional principles to gay persons and another to all others. The guarantee of equal protection under the law, and our obligation to uphold that command, forbids us from doing so. In accordance with these state constitutional requirements, same sex couples cannot be denied the freedom to marry."