At 9:15 on the
morning of November 12, Judge Jonathan Silbert will hold a
proceeding to enter final judgment in the case and order the
state to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
After that, couples from Hartford to New Haven and all
other areas of the state can go to their town clerk's
office and get a marriage license.
In a little over
a week, Connecticut's gay and lesbian couples can
legally wed.
At 9:15 on the
morning of November 12, Judge Jonathan Silbert will hold a
proceeding to enter final judgment in the case and order the
state to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
After that, couples from Hartford to New Haven and all
other areas of the state can go to their town clerk's
office and get a marriage license.
"It will be a
truly historic and very happy day," Lee Swislow,
executive director of Gay and Lesbian Advocates and
Defenders -- the legal group that helped bring about
marriage equality in Connecticut -- said in a release.
"So many people have worked long and hard to make this
a reality. We congratulate them all and give special thanks
to our plaintiff couples. After four years of giving
their all, they will finally be able to day 'I do' to
the person they love." (Neal Broverman, The
Advocate)
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