# 3 down, 47 to go. Connecticut legalizes marriage for gays! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 10, 2008, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-down-47-to-go-connecticut-legalizes-marriage-for-gays/467334 "2008-10-10T15:58:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![stpauler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-down-47-to-go-connecticut-legalizes-marriage-for-gays/467334/1 "2008-10-10T15:58:20Z")
[Hooray!!!](http://www.nyblade.com/thelatest/thelatest.cfm?blog_id=21641) ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-down-47-to-go-connecticut-legalizes-marriage-for-gays/467334/2 "2008-10-10T16:01:48Z")
Awesome! We’re fighting hard out here to keep it at 3. On Nov 4th we’ll find out if CA stays in the marriage equality column or not. ---
**Author:** ![Elysium](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3be4f8/32.png) [@Elysium](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elysium)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-down-47-to-go-connecticut-legalizes-marriage-for-gays/467334/3 "2008-10-10T16:06:25Z")
Yay!! I think our (MA) good influence on you is finally showing. Now that crappy Rhode Island needs to get it together and join the crowd. ---
**Author:** ![emmaliminal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7bcc69/32.png) [@emmaliminal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emmaliminal)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-down-47-to-go-connecticut-legalizes-marriage-for-gays/467334/4 "2008-10-10T16:08:53Z")
WOOT WOOT WOOT WOOT a ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-down-47-to-go-connecticut-legalizes-marriage-for-gays/467334/5 "2008-10-10T16:12:22Z")
So far that article is the only one I can find about this. Does anyone see anything else from a more mainstream source? I want to make sure that it wasn’t published accidentally before the court delivered its ruling or something before I get excited. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-down-47-to-go-connecticut-legalizes-marriage-for-gays/467334/6 "2008-10-10T16:14:57Z")
> [@Antinor01](#): > > We’re fighting hard out here to keep it at 3. On Nov 4th we’ll find out if CA stays in the marriage equality column or not. Vote NO on Prop. 8. Last I heard, polling is 58-42 for NO. Have you seen those Yes on 8 ads on TV. They make my blood boil. ---
**Author:** ![stpauler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-down-47-to-go-connecticut-legalizes-marriage-for-gays/467334/7 "2008-10-10T16:18:55Z")
> [@Kyla](#): > > So far that article is the only one I can find about this. Does anyone see anything else from a more mainstream source? I want to make sure that it wasn’t published accidentally before the court delivered its ruling or something before I get excited. [Here’s the Guardian UK](http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/deadlineusa/2008/oct/10/gayrights) and the [Boston Globe.](http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2008/10/connecticut_sup.html) [And here’s the court decision.](http://www.jud.state.ct.us/external/supapp/Cases/AROcr/CR289/289CR152.pdf) ---
**Author:** ![Zeriel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/58956e/32.png) [@Zeriel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeriel)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-down-47-to-go-connecticut-legalizes-marriage-for-gays/467334/8 "2008-10-10T16:19:16Z")
We need to start moving to the next step of getting the legislatures to confirm these court decisions–but the referenda (as in CA) will help. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-down-47-to-go-connecticut-legalizes-marriage-for-gays/467334/9 "2008-10-10T16:19:55Z")
> [@Antinor01](#): > > Awesome! > > We’re fighting hard out here to keep it at 3. On Nov 4th we’ll find out if CA stays in the marriage equality column or not. The ad the “yes” people are running showing Gavin Newsom gloating after the Cal Supreme Court ruling is a hard thing to overcome. Gavin’s “Whether you like it or not” response as shown in the ad may have serious repercussions. ---
**Author:** ![emmaliminal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7bcc69/32.png) [@emmaliminal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emmaliminal)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-down-47-to-go-connecticut-legalizes-marriage-for-gays/467334/10 "2008-10-10T16:22:28Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > The ad the “yes” people are running showing Gavin Newsom … Linky? (not in CA) ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-down-47-to-go-connecticut-legalizes-marriage-for-gays/467334/11 "2008-10-10T16:25:07Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > Vote NO on Prop. 8. Last I heard, polling is 58-42 for NO. Have you seen those Yes on 8 ads on TV. They make my blood boil. YouTube link? I haven’t been really angry about something lately. I was planning on voting absentee in CA just so I could vote against Prop. 8 (I haven’t lived in CA since 2002, but I discovered accidentally awhile back that I’m still registered to vote there), but my Obama-maniacal friend convinced me to register in Michigan because he needs votes here. Of course, a week later McCain pulled out of the race here. The point is: I can’t vote against Prop. 8 now, and I’m feeling kind of hopeless as I recently read that the YES vote is climbing in the polls. [Link](http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/detail?blogid=14&entry_id=31285). Anyway…hooray for Connecticut! Congratulations! ---
**Author:** ![shantih](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@shantih](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shantih)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-down-47-to-go-connecticut-legalizes-marriage-for-gays/467334/12 "2008-10-10T16:29:24Z")
Excellent good news! Let’s hope each step puts gay marriage more in the category of ‘boringly normal’ so that people can move on to other things to get themselves bent out of shape over. ---
**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-down-47-to-go-connecticut-legalizes-marriage-for-gays/467334/13 "2008-10-10T16:33:54Z")
Huzzah CT! ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-down-47-to-go-connecticut-legalizes-marriage-for-gays/467334/14 "2008-10-10T16:34:09Z")
> [@Kyla](#): > > YouTube link? I haven’t been really angry about something lately. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/4kKn5LNhNto/hqdefault.jpg "Yes on 8 TV Ad: Whether You Like It Or Not") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kKn5LNhNto) ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-down-47-to-go-connecticut-legalizes-marriage-for-gays/467334/15 "2008-10-10T16:35:41Z")
> [@gotpasswords](#): > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kKn5LNhNto](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kKn5LNhNto) Wow, that makes me want to punch that law professor guy in the face! Excellent work, bigots. ---
**Author:** ![stpauler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-down-47-to-go-connecticut-legalizes-marriage-for-gays/467334/16 "2008-10-10T16:49:13Z")
> [@gotpasswords](#): > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kKn5LNhNto](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kKn5LNhNto) [Pepperdine Wants Name Removed From Yes on 8 Ad](http://www.advocate.com/news_detail_ektid62865.asp) > [@](#): > > Pepperdine University president Andrew Benton wants all references to his school to be removed from the first Yes on 8 advertisement, which premiered on Monday, reports the Los Angeles Times. > > —SNIP---- > > “The reference to Pepperdine must disappear,” Benton told the Times. While Benton stressed that he didn’t wish to infringe on Peterson’s First Amendment right to free speech, he does not want to give Californians the idea that the professor represents the views of the university. > > A spokesperson for the Yes on 8 campaign said the reference to Pepperdine will be removed. ---
**Author:** ![kenner116](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecb155/32.png) [@kenner116](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenner116)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-down-47-to-go-connecticut-legalizes-marriage-for-gays/467334/17 "2008-10-10T17:10:11Z")
New York and New Jersey are probably just a couple of years away. It could possibly pass the state legislature in NJ right now. By 2010 I expect same-sex marriage to be legal in about 25% of the country. If Prop 8 in California passes, I will be extremely disappointed. ---
**Author:** ![NinjaChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@NinjaChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinjaChick)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-down-47-to-go-connecticut-legalizes-marriage-for-gays/467334/18 "2008-10-10T17:16:01Z")
Excellent news. Well done CT! > [@gotpasswords](#): > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kKn5LNhNto](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kKn5LNhNto) “Gay marriage taught in schools”? What the hell does that even mean? Do California schools currently ‘teach’ hetero marriage? ---
**Author:** ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-down-47-to-go-connecticut-legalizes-marriage-for-gays/467334/19 "2008-10-10T17:25:11Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > Vote NO on Prop. 8. Last I heard, polling is 58-42 for NO. Have you seen those Yes on 8 ads on TV. They make my blood boil. I saw a moronic bumper “flag” (yes it covered the whole back of the car) saying “Yes on 8 = Religious Freedom.” So since when is “bigoted asshole” a protected class? ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-down-47-to-go-connecticut-legalizes-marriage-for-gays/467334/20 "2008-10-10T18:16:37Z")
> [@cher3](#): > > I saw a moronic bumper “flag” (yes it covered the whole back of the car) saying “Yes on 8 = Religious Freedom.” > > So since when is “bigoted asshole” a protected class? Haven’t you heard? It’s becoming an endangered species out here. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-down-47-to-go-connecticut-legalizes-marriage-for-gays/467334.md?page=2)