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| AssociateJudges = David M. Borden, Joette Katz, Flemming L. Norcott, Jr., Richard N. Palmer, Christine S. Vertefeuille, Peter T. Zarella, Lubbie Harper Jr.(assigned to participate) | NotParticipating = Rogers | decision by = | Majority = Palmer | JoinMajority = Harper, Katz, Norcott | Concurrence = | dissenting = Borden | JoinDissent = | Dissent2 = Vertefeuille | JoinDissent2 = | Dissent3 = Zarella | JoinDissent3 = | LawsApplied = Conn. Consti. Article first, § 1, § 8, § 10, § 20, General Statutes § 46b-38nn | Superseded = | Overruled = | Abrogated = | keywords = | italic title = }} ''Kerrigan v. Commissioner of Public Health'', 289 Conn. 135, 957 A.2d 407, is a 2008 decision by the Connecticut Supreme Court holding that allowing same-sex couples to form same-sex unions but not marriages violates the Connecticut Constitution. It was the third time that a ruling by the highest court of a U.S. state legalized same-sex marriage, following Massachusetts in ''Goodridge v. Department of Public Health'' (2003) and California in ''In re Marriage Cases'' (2008). This case legalized same-sex marriage in Connecticut. ==Background== Connecticut had a relatively liberal record on the question of rights for gays and lesbians. It had repealed its law criminalizing consensual sodomy in 1969, banned discrimination based on sexual orientation in 1991, and authorized second-parent adoptions in 2000.〔 In response to an inquiry from officials of two Connecticut towns asking whether they could issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, Attorney General Richard Blumenthal wrote on May 17, 2004, the day that same-sex marriage became legal in Massachusetts: 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kerrigan v. Commissioner of Public Health」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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