アメリカのコネティカット州最高裁判所は10日、同性婚を認める判決を下した。
Connecticut Court Allows Gay Marriage
米コネティカット州、同性婚を合法化 州としては3番目 [AFP]
米コネティカット（Connecticut）州で10日、同性婚が合法化された。マサチューセッツ（Massachusetts）州、カリフォルニア（California）州に続いて3番目。
同州の最高裁は「異性愛者に認められている権利をゲイやレズビアンに禁止することを州憲法は認めていない」とし、4対3の賛成多数で同性婚を認める判決を下した。
[http://www.courant.com/news/politics/hcu-gaymarriage-1010,0,7812756.story:title=High Court Grants Marriage Rights For Same-Sex Couples] [The Hartford Courant]
The Supreme Court released its historic ruling at 11:30 a.m. 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."
"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 majority wrote. "To decide otherwise would require us to apply one set of constitutional principles to gay persons and another to all others."
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