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Hawaii Judge Upholds Same-Sex Marriage Ban (Honolulu Civil Beat)

ReligiousLiberty.TV August 8, 2012 1 min read

Excerpt:  A U.S. District Court judge in Honolulu has rejected arguments from two lesbians who said that Hawaii’s 1998 ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional.

According to court documents released Wednesday, Judge Alan Kay dismissed the lawsuit, Jackson v. Abercrombie, saying that a decision like this should be left to the Legislature – not the courts.

http://m.civilbeat.com/articles/2012/08/08/16783-hawaii-judge-upholds-same-sex-marriage-ban/

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U.S. District Court LGBTQ & Religious Liberty

Holding: A federal district court judge dismissed a constitutional challenge to Hawaii's 1998 same-sex marriage ban, finding that such decisions should be left to the Legislature rather than the courts.

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One comment

  1. The same sex marriage issues are causing lot of stir in the religious communities around the world but I believe they should be tackled by individuals themselves not the courts.