Connecticut

Connecticut joined Massachusetts as the next state to end the exclusion of same-sex couples from marriage with the Connecticut Supreme Court ruling to uphold the freedom to marry in Kerrigan and Mock v. the CT Department of Public Health on October 10, 2008. The case was brought by Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders on behalf of eight same-sex couples who sought to end marriage discrimination in Connecticut. In April 2009 with bipartisan support, the Conecticut legislaturevoted to reaffirm the court’s decision and realign state statues to uphold the freedom to marry, and the Governor signed the bill into law.

Status: Marriage
 
Groups Actively Working on Marriage

Love Makes a Family: Love Makes a Family (LMF) was a statewide non-profit advocacyorganization working for equal marriage rights for same-sex couples inConnecticut.  Uponcompleting its mission, it is now closed, but still offers resources onits website.

Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders: New England'sleading legal rights organization dedicated to ending discriminationbased on sexual orientation, HIV status and gender identity andexpression which brought the marriage equality case before theConnecticut Supreme Court, Kerrigan & Mock v. Connecticut Department of Public Health