The Connecticut Legislature Wednesday approved legislation that allows same-sex couples to marry. Following the Connecticut Supreme Court’s October ruling allowing the same, the vote was 28-7 in the Senate and 100-44 in the House of Representatives. The governor signed the bill into law today. Under the legislation, all civil unions would be considered marriages beginning October 2010. The bill contains an amendment that permits religious organizations the right to deny wedding services and goods to couples who marry under the new legislation.
Connecticut follows Vermont as only the second state to allow gay marriage through legislative vote.
Source: http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2009/04/connecticut-legislature-approves-same.php
