Sunday, November 17, 2013

Hawaii legalizes same-sex marriage

[JURIST] Hawaiian Governor Neil Abercrombie [official website] on Wednesday signed into law a bill legalizing same-sex marriage [text, PDF]. The new law will take effect December 2 and will make Hawaii the fifteenth US state to legalize same-sex marriage. The Hawaii Marriage Equality Act of 2013 seeks to ensure that "same-sex couples are able to take full advantage of federal rights, benefits, protections and responsibilities granted to married opposite sex couples," while also ensuring that religious freedoms are protected by...

Source: http://jurist.org/paperchase/2013/11/hawaii-legalizes-same-sex-marriage.php

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