HARTFORD — Less than two years after Connecticut became the second state to allow same-sex civil unions, Democratic state Sen. Andrew McDonald, D-27 and Democratic state Rep. Michael Lawlor, D-99 announced a bill on Wednesday that would allow gay marriage in Connecticut. The bill will be introduced in the next two weeks, Lawlor said. Massachusetts is currently the only state that allows gay marriage, and that law was pressured into existence through the courts. A court order also forced Vermont into being the first state to allow same-sex civil unions. Connecticut was the first to pass the civil-union law without court mandate.
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