Recognition of Same-Sex Unions in Hawaii (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The U.S. state of Hawaii currently recognizes same-sex couples in reciprocal beneficiary relationships, which provide limited rights and benefits. Civil unions that provide benefits similar to marriage were legalized in 2011, and will become available in 2012. Same-sex marriage is banned by state law. Following a 1993 decision by the Hawaii State Supreme Court that found the state's refusal to grant same-sex couples marriage licenses discriminatory, voters in 1998 approved a constitutional amendment granting the Hawaii State Legislature the power to reserve marriage to opposite-sex couples, which it later did by passing a law that banned same-sex marriage.