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...this year. The Connecticut justices didn't take the opportunity - as the California justices did - to dismantle the various arguments that social conservatives have used over the years to oppose marriage equality. There is only one brief moment of righteous clarity in the Connecticut ruling - the part where the court explains why civil unions do not suffice: "Although marriage and civil unions do embody the same legal rights under our law, they are by no means 'equal.' As we have explained, the former is an institution of transcendent historical, cultural and social significance, whereas the latter most surely...
...Connecticut justices spend most of the remainder of the 85-page decision explaining how gays have been victimized. The court felt this was necessary in order to classify gays as a "quasi-suspect class" entitled to heightened protection under the state constitution. And so there is page after page on how powerless gays and lesbians are. "For centuries," the justices wrote, people have disliked gays. "Until not long ago, gay persons were widely regarded as deviants ... [who were] mentally ill ... [G]ay persons also face virulent homophobia that rests on nothing more than feelings of revulsion ... Insofar as gay persons...
...almost beginning to feel routine. Like the Massachusetts and California high courts before it, the Connecticut Supreme Court has ruled that same-sex couples should be allowed to wed. "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," Justice Richard Palmer wrote in his 4-3 opinion...
With the presidential election less than a month away, the Supreme Court began its 2008 term on Oct. 6 amid speculation on how the future of the court might be shaped by a John McCain or Barack Obama presidency. Although neither candidate has said much about court appointments, the ages of several justices--John Paul Stevens is 88, and four others are in their 70s--indicate some might retire during the next Administration. Meanwhile, the current court under John Roberts will hear testimony in coming weeks regarding everything from labeling on tobacco products to on-air vulgarity. A look...
Wyeth v. Levine The court will decide whether state lawsuits against drug companies regarding possibly misleading labels are valid if the labels were previously approved...