Did Blumenthal Throw High Court Marriage Argument?
James Bailey Brislin The Carpet City Chronicle The Enfield Press, November 6, 2008 “A public office is a public trust.” —President Grover Cleveland “The [Family] institute argued vigorously that [its] intervention was necessary because the attorney general had indicated that he would not defend the institution of traditional marriage on the ground that it advanced the state’s compelling interest in promoting responsible procreation and child rearing… The institute also noted that, if it was not allowed to raise this argument as a party, this court could deem the argument waived… In response to this argument, members of this court indicated that, if the attorney general failed to argue that there was a rational basis for traditional marriage, he would not be adequately representing the state’s interests, and expressed some skepticism that that would be the case.” —Justice Peter T. Zarella Karen Lee Torre’s recent bombshell column in The Connecticut Law Tribune, “‘Unseemly’ Conduct By Th
