Gay Marriage

The New York Times is reporting that gay couples are pushing hard for "marriage,' not being satisfied with the term 'civil unions.'

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/17/nyregion/17samesex.html?_r=4&ref=todayspaper&oref=slogin&oref=slogin&oref=slogin&oref=slogin

The Times reports concerning a Connecticut case: "The case turns on whether same-sex couples should be treated as a “suspect class” — groups like minorities and women that have experienced discrimination — which could lead to heightened legal scrutiny of the decision to offer separate institutions. In oral arguments before a Supreme Court panel, the assistant attorney general said the number of “prominent politicians who are openly gay and lesbian” proves that homosexuals are not “politically powerless,” one of the requirements of a suspect class; that caused one justice to quip, “If it were true political power,” they would have already won the right to marry."

Watch this one as the battle over the definition of marriage continues.