An article in the New Haven Advocate speculates that the long delay in a gay marraige ruling in the Connecticut Supreme Court — they heard the case in May 20071 — may indicate a deadlocked court.
There’s a more plausible explanation for the delay than politics: The justices are deadlocked. Long, a visiting assistant professor at University of Connecticut School of Law, says it’s unlikely a ruling would take so long if the justices were unanimous. What’s more probable is a split decision, and the crafting of dissenting and/or concurring opinions is responsible for the hold up.
Interesting…
In other same-sex marraige news, a new poll in California shows the anti-gay-marriage ballot measure losing 54 to 40. That’s excellent news.
And, sadly, longtime gay rights activist Del Martin has died at the age of 87, just months after finally legally marrying her partner of 55 years, Phyllis Lyon. Ms. Martin died of natural causes, and will be missed. Box Turtle Bulletin has an excellent post describing some of Ms. Martin’s decades of activism.
- For comparison’s sake, Massachusetts took 8 months, and California took two months, from hearing the cases to issuing decisions. Connecticut has so far taken 15 months. [↩]
