Connecticut General Assembly, Connecticut Substitute Senate Bill 899 (2009)
“ Parties to a civil union shall have all the same benefits, protections and responsibilities under law, whether derived from the general statutes, administrative regulations or court rules, policy, common law or any other source of civil law, as are granted to spouses in a marriage. ”
Connecticut General Assembly, Connecticut Substitute Senate Bill 899 (2009)
“ No member of the clergy authorized to join persons in marriage pursuant to section 46b-22 of the general statutes shall be required to solemnize any marriage in violation of his or her right to the free exercise of religion guaranteed by the first amendment to the United States Constitution or section 3 of article first of the Constitution of the state. ”
Connecticut General Assembly, Connecticut Substitute Senate Bill 899 (2009)
“ No church or qualified church-controlled organization, as defined in 26 USC 3121, shall be required to participate in a ceremony solemnizing a marriage in violation of the religious beliefs of that church or qualified church-controlled organization. ”
