When Sen. Toni Boucher, R-Wilton at the start of today’s veto session took a moment to congratulate Sen. Andrew McDonald, D-Stamford, on his recent marriage to his long-time partner, it raised a few eyebrows among the capitol press corps.
Many of us recalled that Boucher has not supported bills about same sex unions. We were right, sort of.
Boucher in 2005 voted against the state’s historic civil union legislation, spearheaded by McDonald, that paved the way for same sex marriage in Connecticut.
But earlier this year she did cast a vote in favor of a bill codifying the state Supreme Court’s ruling legalizing gay marriage after changes were made to provide protections to religious organizations.
