Connecticut: Gay Marriage Off Agenda
Lawmakers Cite Timing In Removing Item From Consideration This Session
May 12, 2007
By DANIELA ALTIMARI, Courant Staff Writer

Close, but not there yet.That's where many state lawmakers view themselves in terms of support for same-sex marriage, leaders of the powerful judiciary committee say.

Rather than force a vote on a controversial gay marriage bill that would probably go down in defeat, Rep. Michael Lawlor and Sen. Andrew McDonald announced Friday that they are taking it off the legislature's agenda this session. Even if the bill did win approval in the House and Senate, it would surely draw a veto from Gov. M. Jodi Rell, who opposes gay marriage.
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