{"id":1619,"date":"2013-11-05T00:27:12","date_gmt":"2013-11-05T00:27:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dreamweddingshawaii.com\/?p=1619"},"modified":"2020-11-05T06:41:36","modified_gmt":"2020-11-05T06:41:36","slug":"same-sex-marriage-still-not-legal-but-close","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dreamweddingshawaii.com\/same-sex-marriage-still-not-legal-but-close\/","title":{"rendered":"Same-Sex Marriage Still Not Legal, But Close in Hawaii"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dreamweddingshawaii.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/same-sex-marriage-map.gif\"><img  title=\"Same-Sex Marriage Still Not Legal, But Close in Hawaii Dream Weddings Hawaii\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1621\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dreamweddingshawaii.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/same-sex-marriage-map.gif\"  alt=\"same-sex-marriage-map Same-Sex Marriage Still Not Legal, But Close in Hawaii\"  width=\"466\" height=\"370\" \/><\/a><strong>Same Sex Marriage Map. \u00a0Hawaii&#8217;s Status, soon to be changed.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">UPDATE: \u00a0Same-Sex Marriage is legal in Hawaii<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Just a real quick update for those who are wondering if the Same-Sex Marriage is legal in Hawaii yet. \u00a0It&#8217;s not. \u00a0 But it&#8217;s really really close. 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