Connecticut's
Same-Sex Couples Can Marry November 12

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)