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 House passed HB6321 on April 26, 2021, by a vote of 141 to 1. 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.