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Marriage v Civil Unions - Separate and Unequal As the struggle continues to achieve the goal that all baptized members of The Episcopal Church will be entitled to and granted complete and unrestricted access to the benefits of all the sacraments and sacramental rites of The Episcopal Church it is worth reviewing the Diocese of Connecticut's movement toward this goal. Click here to review the Diocese of Connecticut's journey as it relates to same sex marriage.
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Students of history are well aware of the fallacy and consequences of the doctrine of Separate but Equal. The concept was struck down in 1954 that by the US Supreme Court which he ruled that that 'separate educational facilities were inherently unequal". As a result, de jure racial segregation was ruled a violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution. This victorypaved the way for integration and the civil rights movement. On October 10, 2008, Connecticut's Supreme Court ruled that gay couples have the right to marry, making the state the third behind Massachusetts and California to legalize such unions. The text of that historic decision is available by clicking here. As the the rights of LGBT persons to marry one another continues to move forward in the United States it is important to recognize other nations have granted that right to their citizens. they include:
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