by Ryan McKeen
Connecticut civil unions are about to go the way of the dinosaurs. Official time of death is 11:59:59 tonight.
On October 1, 2010, Connecticut’s civil union laws will be repealed. Absent a proceeding having been initiated for dissolution, annulment or legal separation – all existing civil unions will convert to marriages. This is strange.
Our Supreme Court has said that civil unions are different than marriages.
People knowingly entered into civil unions. Maybe they preferred, for whatever reason, having a civil union. The legislature has either forced such couples to dissolve their union or get married – whether they want to or not.
If the legislature forced all opposite-sex married couples into civil unions, I’d expect Connecticut citizens to be outraged.
At any rate, civil unions are on their way out in Connecticut.