Kerrigan v. Commissioner of Public Health
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kerrigan-v-commissioner-of-public-health-318-2213451
title:
Kerrigan v. Commissioner of Public Health
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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). The decision legalized same-sex
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Case that legalized same-sex marriage in Connecticut
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerrigan_v._Commissioner_of_Public_Health
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2023-09-13T02:29:03Z
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