The Malloy administration prepped Maureen M. Murphy for her judicial confirmation hearing last week with questions about her sexual orientation and the pivotal role she played in the legalization of gay marriage in Connecticut.

But the legislature’s Judiciary Committee endorsed her nomination to the Superior Court on a 31-9 vote without a single comment or question about her advocacy of gay rights or the landmark litigation that led to same-sex marriage.

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