Great news from the Nutmeg state! -- promoted by huntsu] Breaking news and huge momentum for the campaign for marriage equality in New Jersey: the Connecticut Supreme Court, in the case of Kerrigan v Commissioner of Public Health, has ruled 4-3 in favor of marriage equality. Any way you slice it, this is huge momentum for New Jersey's marriage equality movement. Here's GSE's statement on the decision, from Steven Goldstein: "Today's decision in Connecticut has particular relevance to us in New Jersey. Connecticut has had a civil union statute exactly like New Jersey's. Today, the Connecticut Supreme Court said civil unions do not and cannot provide the equality of real marriage -- that civil unions don't work in the real world and that they don't provide the dignity and respect of marriage either. These are exactly the points...
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