COLAGE Applauds Historic Connecticut Marriage Decision
October 10, 2008

We are thrilled to share with you this breaking news. At 11:30am this morning, the Connecticut Supreme Court issued its ruling in Kerrigan v. Commissioner of Public Health, the equal marriage case and the news is great! Citing the equal protection clause of the state constitution, the justices ruled that civil unions were discriminatory and that the state's "understanding of marriage must yield to a more contemporary appreciation of the rights entitled to constitutional protection."

COLAGE applauds the efforts of Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders (GLAD) and Love Makes a Family for their leadership in this case and on marriage equality in Connecticut.

Tonight there will be a rally celebrating this historic occasion at the Connecticut State House at 5:30 pm. For more information click here.
We hope that our members and allies in Connecticut will attend. COLAGE also calls on our community, even in this time of celebration, to continue to fight for marriage equality, particular in California, Florida and Arizona where voters are deciding on ballot initiatives about marriage this November.

For more information about COLAGE and our efforts to promote marriage equality, please contact Meredith Fenton, COLAGE Program Director at Meredith@colage.org or 415-861-5437.