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Victory! Marriage Equality in Connecticut

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The Connecticut Supreme Court issued a favorable decision TODAY in Kerrigan and Mock v. The CT Department of Public Health. The case was brought by GLAD on behalf of eight same-sex couples who seek to end marriage discrimination in Connecticut. Oral arguments in the case were heard by the Supreme Court in May 2007.

What to expect:

The decision was announced on the Connecticut Supreme Court website at 11:30 am.
A press conference will be held at 2 pm in Hartford today, hosted by GLAD and Love Makes a Family, to discuss the court’s ruling.
COME TO HARTFORD FOR A RALLY on the north steps of the Capitol at 5:30pm.

This evening at 7pm we’ll celebrate at a Victory Party in downtown Hartford.
In the coming weeks we’ll have a Celebration Event in Fairfield County.
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Get all the background on the Kerrigan case here.

More details will be available here on http://www.glad.org within hours of the announcement of the CT Supreme Court’s decision.

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