HONOLULU (AP) – One of the Hawaii women who sparked the national same-sex marriage battle with a lawsuit more than 20 years ago is now legally married to another woman. Genora Dancel has wed Kathryn ...

“It is time for the Legislature to finish the job. Remove this discriminatory and unconstitutional provision from our Bill of Rights.” The court did not immediately order the state to begin issuing ...

HONOLULU (CN) - Hawaii will become the 15th state to recognize same-sex marriage, as the state Senate approved the Hawaii Marriage Equality Act on Tuesday and the governor is scheduled to sign it into ...

In an unusual development, registered voters in Hawaii will get to decide on two state constitutional questions in November, breaking away from the recent trend of preserving state legislative ...

Dec. 1—In 1998, 69 % of Hawaii residents supported a constitutional amendment that marriage should be reserved only for opposite-sex genders. Today same-sex marriages have about 70 % support locally ...

Specific language, added to the State Constitution in 1998, gave the legislature the authority to define marriage as being between a man and a woman. This was at a time when Hawaii was the center of ...

Hawaii became the 16th state to pass marriage equality but will become the 15th state where marriages are performed. Although Illinois passed marriage equality last week, the law doesn’t go into ...

The Hawaii Senate gave final approval to a same-sex marriage bill on Tuesday, with a 19-4 vote in favor. The bill, strongly supported by Gov. Neil Abercrombie, could be signed into law later today.

Newlyweds stand at the wedding cake following their nuptials at the Marriage Equality at Midnight Ceremonies at the Leahi Club Lounge on the 30th floor of the Sheraton Waikiki. Then-Gov. Neil ...