By Malia Mattoch McMan HONOLULU (Rters) - Dozens of same-sex upl, led by a gay mister and his longtime partner, tied the knot Hawaii early on Monday as a new law went to effect at midnight, makg the Aloha state the 15th to legalize gay marriage. Wh Democratic Governor Neil Abercrombie attendance, Jonipher Kwong and Chris Nelson beme the first gay uple to marry Hawaii durg a ceremony at the First Unarian Church of Honolulu, jt mut after same-sex weddgs beme legal. "I also felt a ltle sad that some of the people who me before were not able to plete marriage and see their lifetime." Hawaii's ernor signed legislatn last month extendg marriage rights to same-sex upl, ppg 20 years of legal and polil ranr a state regard as a pneer advancg the e of gay matrimony. "We're both still ridg cloud ne at this pot." PATH TO GAY MARRIAGE The path to gay marriage Hawaii, long a popular weddg and honeymoon statn, was long and bumpy.
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- JOYO SAME-SEX UPL WED HAWAII AS GAY MARRIAGE BE LEGAL
- HAWAII BE 15TH U.S. STATE TO LEGALIZE GAY MARRIAGE
JOYO SAME-SEX UPL WED HAWAII AS GAY MARRIAGE BE LEGAL
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"I feel like what has happened the same-sex marriage arena has really tapulted ways that were tryg to affirm others, not jt gay marriage, " Tapu said. Supporters of same-sex marriage celebrate after the Hawaii State Senate approved a bill allowg same-sex marriage to be legal the state of Hawaii on Gentry / RtersHawaii’s ernor on Wednday signed a bill to law makg same-sex marriage legal one of the first stat where gays and lbians upl sought the right to wed more than 20 years ago.
Neil Abercrombie, who supported the right of gays and lbians to wed, had lled the legislature to a special ssn to vote on the he signed the bill, Abercrombie quoted a lbian iend as tellg him: “Today was a moment that my muny has fought for, for many, many s. The exemptns were moled after siar language Connecticut’s gay-marriage Senate accepted those chang after the Hoe passed the bill last Friday. Related: Aloha gay upl!
HAWAII BE 15TH U.S. STATE TO LEGALIZE GAY MARRIAGE
” The Aloha state was at the foreont of the gay marriage bate back the early 1990s, when three same-sex upl sued for the right to the urts sid wh the upl, a voter approved amendment to the state nstutn 1998 mandated that only the legislature uld ci who gets to marry, thereby nullifyg the urt bid by the Hawaii upl to get married also helped lead to passage of the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act, which didn't allow feral regnn of same-sex marriage.
The Supreme Court stck down that part of the law barrg such regnn late June, allowg gay upl across the untry to receive more than 1, 100 feral benefs they'd prevly been of the origal parti to the Hawaii se, Nia Baehr, 53, told NBC News on Tuday after the Senate vote: "There is really a sweet sense of thgs g full circle. Related:Same-sex marriage supporters cheer 'Crella moment'; opponents vow to fight onRights wh reach: For some gay upl, marriage is mere away -- but that's still too far'We're outta here!
': Gay upl exile return to Ameri post-DOMA cisn. By Malia Mattoch McMan HONOLULU (Rters) - Dozens of same-sex upl, led by a gay mister and his longtime partner, tied the knot Hawaii early on Monday as a new law went to effect at midnight, makg the Aloha state the 15th to legalize gay marriage.