!1.@Times New Roman------ &2 n`0 Sex Laws of Hawaii       2 n0    .2 `0 Hawaii Revised Statues      2 0    M2 `,0 https://portal.ehawaii.gov/government/hawaii       2 0 - &2 0 legislature/hawaii   2 0 - 2 0 revised  2 )0 - 2 / 0 statutes/  2 c0  @Times New Roman------- @ !`- @Times New Roman------ 2 ` 0 Last update:   2 0   2 0 9/7/2014  2 0    d2 `;0 Send all corrections, updates and professional opinions to:   2 0    2 ` 0 director@line  2 0 - 2 0 family.info   2 0   ---  2 `0   --- &2 '`0 As of 9/6/2014 we   w2 'H0 have not been able to get onto an official state website to investigate    82 9`0 Hawaiis laws or constitution.     2 9'0   ---  2 T`0     2 n`0    k2 `@0 1996: The Hawaii State Supreme Court rules that prohibiting same           2  0 - 22 0 sex couples from marrying      e2 `<0 may violate Hawaii's constitutional equal protection clause      D2 &0 and can only be upheld if prohibition     y2 `I0 is justified by a compelling reason (Baehr v. Miike, 80 Hawai`i 341).[22]        2 40     2 `0    2 `a0 1998: Hawaii's voters amend their Constitution to permit the legislature to restrict marriage to              P2 `.0 men and women only, but the wording of the ame       M2 ,0 ndment and the subsequent bill which did so      L2 `+0 allows the possibility of civil unions.[23]     2 b0     2 !`0    2 <`]0 2011: Hawaii enacts Act 1 (Senate Bill 232)[24] legalizing civil unions in Hawaii.[25] (came                42 N`0 into effect 1 January 2012)  2 N 0     2 h`0    O2 `-0 November 13, 2013: Governor Neil Abercrombie       R2 /0 signs marriage equality legislation. Marriages        12 `0 begin Dec. 2nd, 2013.[26]   2 0     2 `0    2 `0 Texts :   2 0    2 ``0 Hawaii Constitution, Article 1, Bill of Rights, 23 MARRIAGE Section 23. The legislature shall                 P2 `.0 have the power to reserve marriage to opposite     2 0 - :2 0 sex couples. (Added by HB 117 (   2 g 0 1997) and   +2 `0 election Nov 3, 1998)   2 0    P2 $`.0 Statutes, HAWAII MARRIAGE EQUALITY ACT OF 2013          2 $0     2 >`0    2 X`0 572  2 X0 - 2 XV0 B Interpretation of terminology to be gender neutral. When necessary to implement the            2 k`U0 rights, benefits, protections, and responsibilities of spouses under the laws of this     2 kd0   2 kk 0 State, all   2 }`0 gender  2 }0 - 2 }W0 specific terminology, such as "husband", "wife", "widow", "widower", or similar terms,                     82 `0 shall be construed in a gender  2 0 - n2 "B0 neutral manner. This interpretation shall apply to all sources of       [2 `50 law, including statutes, administrative rules, court       P2 .0 decisions, common law, or any other source of      2 `0 law.   2 y0   "Systemu`  luqu䍙 $ --  00//..