Connecticut's Supreme Court has overturned a ban on same-sex marriages, making it the third US state to legalise such unions.
The court ruled that the law limiting marriage to heterosexual couples was unconstitutional as it discriminated on the basis of sexual orientation.
Gay marriage was legalised in California earlier this year and in Massachusetts in 2003.
Connecticut already permits same-sex civil unions.
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Come on Ireland. We have great equality legislation here, and are respected the world over for it. So why do we continue to discriminate against same sex couples who want to get married?