Connecticut court overturns gay marriage ban

The Connecticut Supreme Court overturned a ban on same-sex marriage today in a victory for gay-rights advocates that will allow couples to marry in the New England state

The court found that the state's law limiting marriage to heterosexual couples discriminates on the basis of sexual orientation.

Connecticut is now the third state in the country to allow gay marriage, following neighboring Massachusetts, the first state to allow it, and California.

Connecticut already permitted same-sex civil unions that grant largely the same state rights as to married couples, but lack the full, federal legal protections of marriage.

Reuters