HB6321 adopts and implements the Connecticut Parentage Act, which recognizes same-sex “parentage” by, among other things, removing gender-specific references in state law (e.g., “maternity” and “paternity”).
The Senate passed HB6321 on May 20, 2021, by a vote of 35 to 0. We have assigned minuses to the yeas because marriage and the family are institutions of self-government ordained by God that form the foundation of any civil society. The state does not have legitimate constitutional authority to redefine marriage or the family--the rights of which are not only natural, unalienable, and retained by the people, but guaranteed by the Bill of Rights and the 14th Amendment.
