The Gay Delay
Posted on August 27, 2008
Filed Under Gay News Blog
There are a bunch of reasons Connecticut’s Supreme Court could be taking so long to decide a landmark gay marriage case, but politics isn’t one of them.
The high court heard oral arguments in Kerrigan & Mock, et al. v. Connecticut Department of Public Health back in May 2007, and there’s still no decision. Eight gay and lesbian couples who sued after being denied marriage licenses are pressing the case on equality and due process grounds.
While it’s tempting to imagine the justices cloistered in Hartford, weighing the political ramifications of declaring same-sex marriage legal (or illegal) with one swift gavel stroke, no one involved in the case believes a political calculus is at play.
Barbara and Robin Levine-Ritterman are one of the plaintiff couples whose future depends on the outcome; they don’t believe it’s political. Ben Klein has had a front row seat to the action as the lawyer for Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders (GLAD), who argued the case. He doesn’t believe it’s political. Law professor Justin R. Long has spent years studying the state constitution and the state Supreme Court. Guess where his opinion lies?
No doubt a decision now would send shock waves through state politics. See The Gay Delay
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