Connecticut’s Same-Sex Marriage Ruling Draws on California’s
Gay couples in Connecticut might not realize it, but they owe a debt of gratitude to the California Supreme Court. In a ruling Friday that legalized same-sex marriage, the Connecticut Supreme Court relied heavily on the California court's own five-month-old gay marriage ruling to reach many of its conclusions. In an opinion making the state the third in the nation to OK same-sex marriage, Justice Richard Palmer called California's decision one of the "most persuasive sister state" precedents in the nation.
