Marriage Equality Begins in Connecticut

clipped from www.reuters.com NEW HAVEN, Connecticut (Reuters) - Dozens of gay and lesbian couples planned to wed in Connecticut on Wednesday after a judge cleared the way for the state to become the nation's second to allow same-sex marriage. The weddings, the first since Connecticut's highest court struck down a gay-marriage ban on October 10, underscore a steady expansion of gay rights in the U.S. Northeast in sharp contrast to California's November 4 vote to ban same-sex marriages. That vote triggered protests by thousands in Los Angeles. "We have heard from dozens of couples around Connecticut who plan to get marriage licenses today," said Anne Stanback, president of gay rights group Love Makes a Family. "We expect hundreds more to get their licenses in the coming weeks and thousands more as we enter 2009." "The northeastern part of the country is leading the way," Joe Solmonese, president of the Human Rights Campaign

Behold, America, as society fails to collapse in Connecticut, just as it didn't in Massachusetts. Families are strengthened, not destroyed, churches aren't closing, the devil doesn't rule, and children don't "go gay" in droves.

In other words, it's just people getting married. Time to grow the hell up, America.