HONOLULU–(ENEWSPF)–February 24, 2011. Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie signed a bill yesterday that legalizes civil unions for same-sex couples. The bill stops short of granting same-sex couples the freedom to marry, but grants committed same and different-sex couples the rights, responsibilities, benefits and protections that Hawaii law provides to married couples.
The following can be attributed to Laurie Temple, staff attorney for the ACLU of Hawaii:
“This bill has been a long time coming for committed…
