The We Care Coalition met at the Family Community/Teen Center building in Breckenridge this past week on Thursday, Aug. 10. They discussed updates regarding the Skate Park fundraiser in June
Kyle Oltman enjoying the Twin Towns Skate Park in Breckenridge, MN on a skateboard. The fundraiser kicked off on Wednesday, June 28. Oltman donated a deck as a prize for
Opinion: Conn. can take a stand for equality
Douglas NeJaime and Patience Crozier
Dec. 26, 2020
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Couples pose for a photograph marking the one-year anniversary of the day Connecticut began allowing same-sex marriage in Hartford in 2009.File photo
Connecticut has been a leader in LGBTQ equality, but when it comes to legally protecting relationships between LGBTQ parents and their children, we have uncharacteristically fallen behind.
Recently, in rejecting a petition for certiorari in which the state of Indiana sought to strip from children born to same-sex married parents the security and protection of the marital presumption of parentage, the U.S. Supreme Court once again affirmed that states have an obligation to provide all children equal access to the security of legal parentage regardless of the gender of their parents. This is a tremendous relief, but also a reminder that Connecticut must act so that our laws are clear and inclusive regardless of what h