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- <text id=93TT1712>
- <title>
- May 17, 1993: Tying New Knots
- </title>
- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1993
- May 17, 1993 Anguish over Bosnia
- </history>
- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
- <hdr>
- THE WEEK, Page 24
- SOCIETY
- Tying New Knots
- </hdr>
- <body>
- <p> Honolulu could become for gay couples what Las Vegas and Reno
- have been for heterosexuals: a quickie wedding capital. In a
- ground-breaking decision, the Hawaii supreme court has declared
- that barring gay marriages probably violates state
- equal-protection guarantees and ordered the state to justify the
- ban under the strictest judicial standards. If the ruling holds,
- Hawaii can expect a tidal wave of fiances; the other 49 states
- are likely to get a big legal headache. Even if they refuse to
- follow Hawaii's lead, they will have to decide whether or not
- to honor its gay marriages.
- </p>
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- </body>
- </article>
- </text>
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