Gay Marriag Take Place In Hawaii As New Law Tak Hold : The Two-Way : NPR

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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
• GAY MARRIAGE HAWAII
• GAY MARRIAGE
• GAY MARRIAG TAKE PLACE IN HAWAII AS NEW LAW TAK HOLD

JOYO SAME-SEX UPL WED HAWAII AS GAY MARRIAGE BE LEGAL

"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. Lew began 1990 when three gay upl were nied marriage licens at the state Department of Health. Vermont was the first state to legalize civil unns 2000 and Massachetts beme the first state to legalize gay marriage 2004.

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. " 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.

" PATH TO GAY MARRIAGE The path to gay marriage Hawaii, long a popular weddg and honeymoon statn, was long and bumpy. The state Supreme Court led 1993 that barrg same-sex marriage was discrimatory, a landmark opn that spurred the gay rights movement natnwi but sparked a backlash that until now kept matrimony Hawaii rtricted to heterosexuals.

HAWAII BE 15TH U.S. STATE TO LEGALIZE GAY MARRIAGE

The latt reversal by Hawaii lawmakers at a time of creasg momentum for gay marriage the urts, at the ballot box and stateho across the Uned Stat.

Massachetts led the way legalizg gay marriage by beg the first state to do so 2003. In October, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie dropped his legal opposn to gay marriage, makg his state the 14th to legalize same-sex weddgs. 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.

GAY MARRIAGE HAWAII

Related: Aloha gay upl! ” 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.

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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.

GAY MARRIAG TAKE PLACE IN HAWAII AS NEW LAW TAK HOLD

HONOLULU (Rters) - Hawaii’s ernor signed to law on Wednday a bill 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.

State to legalize nuptials for gay and lbian upl, rollg back a 1994 statute fg marriage as a unn between a man and a woman. Abercrombie said that spe misgivgs by opponents who felt their relig beliefs were ged, the measure served the “greater good” by more fully embracg gay and lbian members of society, who had long felt margalized. “Now all those who have been visible will be visible to themselv and the world, ” the ernor said before stg down at a table si an dorium of the Honolulu Conventn Center near the cy’s beachont Waikiki area to sign the bill, as supporters epted measure gaed fal approval om the Democrat-ntrolled state legislature on Tuday, 15 days after the start of a special ssn lled by Abercrombie, a first-term Democrat and former ngrsman, to nsir the a week before Hawaii lawmakers approved same-sex marriage, Illois’ General Assembly gave fal approval to a gay marriage bill, but Illois Governor Pat Qun is not expected to sign that measure until later this ROADThe path to legal gay marriage Hawaii, long a popular weddg and honeymoon statn, has been long and state Supreme Court led 1993 that barrg same-sex marriage was discrimatory, a landmark opn that spurred the gay rights movement natnwi but sparked a backlash that until now kept matrimony rtricted to heterosexual upl regnizg the legal tone of that 1993 cisn, Abercrombie hand the pen he ed to sign Wednday’s bill to former state Supreme Court Jtice Steven Levson, who wrote the opn the se known as Baehr vs.