Posted on 08/08/2012 5:56:40 PM PDT by massmike
HONOLULU A federal court Wednesday upheld Hawaiis definition of marriage as one man and one woman. The court rejected a lawsuit that sought to tear down the states law defining marriage as the union of one man and one woman and Hawaiis constitutional amendment that gives the legislature the power to maintain the timeless definition.
Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys defended the law and the amendment on behalf of Hawaii Family Forum, which the court allowed to intervene in the case in April.
This ruling affirms that protecting and strengthening marriage as the union of one man and one woman is legitimate, reasonable, and good for society, said Legal Counsel Dale Schowengerdt. The people of Hawaii adopted a constitutional amendment to uphold marriage, and the court rightly concluded that the democratic process shouldnt be short-circuited by judicial decree.
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I hate to bring it up.. can anyone from anywhere still get a birth certificate in HI?
yes?
They have more work to do.
Don't know if you made it over to Hilo/Puna on the BI but that is way more liberal.
I did go to the Hilo side of the Big Island and I see what you mean - definitely a different feel over there. Didn’t stay long because it never stopped raining! Overall the Big Island is my favorite. Pretty much every terrain on earth is located on that one island. Depending on where you are, you might think you were in Nevada (desert), Brazil (rain forest), Wyoming (ranches), New England (forests) and even some lunar landscape thrown in there for good measure!
Hawaii is the only State in which the number and percentage of Christians is growing relative to its population, according to Barna.
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