Saturday, October 12, 2024
Hawai'i Free Press

Current Articles | Archives

Friday, June 26, 2015
AG: Two-Thirds of Hawaii Gay Marriages from Out of State
By News Release @ 9:48 PM :: 4782 Views :: Family, Hawaii Statistics

THE IMPACT OF TODAY’S U.S. SUPREME COURT RULING ON SAME-SEX COUPLES WHO MARRIED IN HAWAI’I

News Release from Hawaii Attorney General's Office, June 26, 2015

HONOLULU – Today the United States Supreme Court ruled that same-sex couples have a fundamental right to marry under the United States Constitution in a ruling that brings marriage equality to all fifty States.

“The State of Hawai‘i filed an amicus brief in support of the petitioners in these cases. Today’s ruling means that same-sex couples who marry in Hawai‘i are married everywhere in this country,” said Attorney General Doug Chin.”

Nearly 4000 same-sex couples have married in Hawaiʻi since our marriage equality act went into effect in December 2013.  About two-thirds of those couples are non-residents.  This means that before the court’s action today, depending on where they live, a couple who married in Hawai‘i might not have had their marriage recognized when they returned home.  As a result of today’s ruling, however, the marriages entered by same-sex couples in Hawaiʻi must be recognized by every other State.

Attorney General Chin further explained “For same-sex couples who married in Hawaiʻi and reside here, today’s decision does not alter the recognition of their marriage, as provided in Hawai‘i’s marriage equality act.  But the Supreme Court’s decision means that Hawai‘i residents will not lose the protections of marriage when they travel to the mainland.”

Hawaiʻi has been involved in the debate over marriage equality for decades.  In 1993, the Hawaiʻi Supreme Court decided Baehr v. Lewin, which was the first court decision in the country to acknowledge that same-sex couples’ right to marry who they love is a matter of constitutional law.  Hawaiʻi subsequently recognized same-sex relationships as reciprocal beneficiaries, then later civil unions, and finally marriage in 2013.

# # #

Related: 96.8% of Hawaii Gays stay outside 'Marriage'

Links

TEXT "follow HawaiiFreePress" to 40404

Register to Vote

2aHawaii

Aloha Pregnancy Care Center

AntiPlanner

Antonio Gramsci Reading List

A Place for Women in Waipio

Ballotpedia Hawaii

Broken Trust

Build More Hawaiian Homes Working Group

Christian Homeschoolers of Hawaii

Cliff Slater's Second Opinion

DVids Hawaii

FIRE

Fix Oahu!

Frontline: The Fixers

Genetic Literacy Project

Grassroot Institute

Habele.org

Hawaii Aquarium Fish Report

Hawaii Aviation Preservation Society

Hawaii Catholic TV

Hawaii Christian Coalition

Hawaii Cigar Association

Hawaii ConCon Info

Hawaii Debt Clock

Hawaii Defense Foundation

Hawaii Family Forum

Hawaii Farmers and Ranchers United

Hawaii Farmer's Daughter

Hawaii Federation of Republican Women

Hawaii History Blog

Hawaii Jihadi Trial

Hawaii Legal News

Hawaii Legal Short-Term Rental Alliance

Hawaii Matters

Hawaii Military History

Hawaii's Partnership for Appropriate & Compassionate Care

Hawaii Public Charter School Network

Hawaii Rifle Association

Hawaii Shippers Council

Hawaii Together

HiFiCo

Hiram Fong Papers

Homeschool Legal Defense Hawaii

Honolulu Navy League

Honolulu Traffic

House Minority Blog

Imua TMT

Inouye-Kwock, NYT 1992

Inside the Nature Conservancy

Inverse Condemnation

July 4 in Hawaii

Land and Power in Hawaii

Lessons in Firearm Education

Lingle Years

Managed Care Matters -- Hawaii

MentalIllnessPolicy.org

Missile Defense Advocacy

MIS Veterans Hawaii

NAMI Hawaii

Natatorium.org

National Parents Org Hawaii

NFIB Hawaii News

NRA-ILA Hawaii

Obookiah

OHA Lies

Opt Out Today

Patients Rights Council Hawaii

Practical Policy Institute of Hawaii

Pritchett Cartoons

Pro-GMO Hawaii

RailRipoff.com

Rental by Owner Awareness Assn

Research Institute for Hawaii USA

Rick Hamada Show

RJ Rummel

School Choice in Hawaii

SenatorFong.com

Talking Tax

Tax Foundation of Hawaii

The Real Hanabusa

Time Out Honolulu

Trustee Akina KWO Columns

Waagey.org

West Maui Taxpayers Association

What Natalie Thinks

Whole Life Hawaii