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Marriage Equality in Hawaii: One Year Later

Hawaiʻi Public Radio | By Molly Solomon

Published December 4, 2014 at 12:54 AM HST

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Molly Solomon — Retired Supreme Court Justice Steven Levinson received a special gift from former Governor Neil Abercrombie: the pen he used to sign the marriage equality bill into law.

Last December, same sex marriage became legal in Hawai‘i. The state Department of Health says same-sex marriages make up about 12% of all weddings here, with more than 3000 registered couples in the past year. HPR’s Molly Solomon caught up with a couple of people…who played very personal -- and very different roles in the story of marriage equality in Hawai‘i.

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Molly Solomon

Molly Solomon joined HPR in May 2012 as an intern for the morning talk show The Conversation. She has since worn a variety of hats around the station, doing everything from board operator to producer.

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