Hawai’i could join a handful of other states that have legalized civil unions, 17 years after the Islands became a pioneer on the issue. The state Supreme Court ruled in 1993 that denying same-sex couples the ability to marry was a violation of their equal protection rights under the state Constitution. But voters overwhelmingly approved a state constitutional amendment in 1998 that gave the state Legislature the authority to define marriage between a man and a woman.
Historic civil-unions bill gets House OK | honoluluadvertiser.com | The Honolulu Advertiser
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