The Connecticut Supreme Court ruled today that same-sex couples have the right to marry under that state's constitution. The eight couples who filed suit in 2004 argued that they had been unfairly denied the benefits of marriage that heterosexual couples are entitled to. Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell has said that she would not challenge the court's ruling.
Connecticut, following in the path of Massachusetts and California, will become the third state in the nation to allow same-sex marriage. Polls have shown that while most Americans are still very much reluctant to say the law should recognize gay marriages, support has increased in the past dozen or so years. And six in 10 believe that legal recognition is inevitable. Yet while more than half say allowing gay marriages would degrade the institution of marriage, just as many say the government should not promote traditional marriages.
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