Posted on 11/12/2008 7:05:27 AM PST by RaceBannon
Judge Clears Way For Same-Sex Marriages BY DANIELA ALTIMARI | The Hartford Courant 9:54 AM EST, November 12, 2008 NEW HAVEN - A 4-year legal battle for same-sex marriage came to an end this morning in a New Haven courtroom when Superior Copurt Judge Jonathan E. Silbert signed an order. The state Supreme Court last month, in a 4-3 decision, ruled that preventing gay and lesbian couples from marrying violates the state constitution. Today's brief hearing was a formality that was needed before gay couples could start receiving marriage licenses.
Immediately after the court proceeding, one of the plaintiff couples, Barbara and Robin Levine-Ritterman, were on their way to New Haven city hall to obtain their marriage license.
Attorney Bennett Klein of GLADD, the Boston-based legal group that litigated the case, told the court how proud each of the couples is to live in Connecticut.
This "does mark the end of a very long journey toward equality," he said.
“Does Connecticut have voter override for this?”
Nope. Never will have, either.
On November 4th, Connecticut voters had a very important ballot issue before them. That was, should the state convene a Constitutional convention?
The proponents of this ballot issue believe that one of the results of a convention would be the introduction of statewide ballot “initiatives” in Connecticut, just as many of the western states have.
I believe it would have also dealt with the gay-marriage issue.
Guess what? The convention ballot issue LOST. Connecticut voters voted AGAINST giving themselves the direct power to reverse bad decisions by the legislature and the courts.
In this state, the people get what they deserve (I live in CT). Just like Massachusetts, where voters given the extraordinary opportunity to reduce their taxes, voted to keep taxing themselves.
Things are never going to change here. Wait, let me rephrase that: things will change here - but only for the worse.
- John
Leftist Incrimentalim at work
they were not satisfied with their legal domestic partnership status in CT.
God will never view their perversion as equal to His plan for sex and marriage.
Yet another chapter in the destructive American fad of court-worship, wherein legislatures, governors and presidents routinely cede their authority to courts who have no jurisdiction to do so.
stupid lawyers think that marriages that last less than one year are going to mean money for them.
Any marriage with no children produced OF THAT MARRIAGE, are easy candidates for the quicky do it your self kits.
Now do what they did in California, and fix the CT state constitution. The Catholic church will help you.
Notice this story is SCREAMING HEADLINES,
has anyone seen a story about AZ or FL protecting marriage?
only california where the homosexual enabling judges are trying to say their “visioning” of homosexual normality as part of the constitution is normal and a referendum defining marriage as one man and one woman is abnormal.
We REALLY need a federal marriage amendment.
A persecuted Church is a church more sincere in it’s beliefs, with little to offer to the partially committed.
(Mat 5:10) Blessed [are] they which are persecuted for righteousness’ sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
(Luk 21:28) And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.
Don't give up on that: Fight for that Constitutional Convention.
Someone should tell them not only the definition and history of marriage, but why the state took it up.
This is a godless society.
There were judges in Sodom and Gomorrah too. We’re toast.
And to think they’re not elected.
I hope many come to the pro-life march in January (Sure it’s around the inauguration), fight for values and the family; That freedom of choice act (the one that overrides states re: abortion and us paying for them), is prepared for one of his first act moves. That’s a quality of life issue.
This is part of the Communists/Eugenicists goals, kill the morals of a society, population control.
About that first act:
Freedom of Choice Act - Declares that it is the policy of the United States that every woman has the fundamental right to choose to: (1) bear a child; (2) terminate a pregnancy prior to fetal viability; or (3) terminate a pregnancy after fetal viability when necessary to protect her life or her health.
Prohibits a federal, state, or local governmental entity from: (1) denying or interfering with a woman’s right to exercise such choices; or (2) discriminating against the exercise of those rights in the regulation or provision of benefits, facilities, services, or information. Provides that such prohibition shall apply retroactively.
Authorizes an individual aggrieved by a violation of this Act to obtain appropriate relief, including relief against a governmental entity, in a civil action.
They even changed the Democratic platform (contrary to what Obama told the pastor at Saddleback), to exclude rare and provide funds for abortions.
This isn’t just about using taxpayer money to pay for others abortions (as they do in some places already), but it also, obviously, affects migration/immigration; Most seem to miss that link. If you’re under re-population numbers (we’re getting close), you get migration, you lose your soveignty in one form or another, the end of the founding fathers vision for America.
And some wonder why prayer was taken out of schools, sex-ed and question your parents authority was put in.
Next guns then churches.
Notice that everywhere this issue was brought to a vote of the people, Gay marriage went down to defeat.
We are now a country ruled by Judges, because most in congress quietly agree with their agenda, else they would shut them down.
Why not? The Catholic Church takes in hundreds of millions of federal funds for their feeding caring housing etc of immigrants of all types including the jihadis that keep on coming in.
They have to play by the rules if they want to keep on the gravy train.
So this judge looks at his state constitution, and presumably at the 14th Amendment to the US Constitution, neither of which has changed significantly in over 150 years, and sees that all those judges who went before him just couldn't understand what these things meant. He issues a decision which would allow me to marry my sister if HE, the JUDGE, weren't the bigot he is. But it probably allows me to "marry" my son; and maybe a couple of his friends too.
ML/NJ
ML/NJ
They can call it a marriage if they want..the only one that counts is God...and He will never recognize their homosexual sin, until they meet Him face to face. Yikes!
This is what America gets when they did not nip judicial activism in the bud when it became the “leftist” tool of choice for destroying America’s biblical legal and moral foundations.
we just lost the ballot initiative to make ammendments to our constitution by initiative and referendum
that means we cant ammend it by popular vote
So, that is why they wear those black dresses.
It sure has nothing to do with the law.
Exactly.
What were the legal issues in this case?
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