The state
Senate Judiciary and Labor Committee voted tonight to advance a gay
marriage bill after a daylong public hearing that explored themes of
equality and religious liberty, first-class citizenship and the word of
God.
The
5-to-2 vote came after the debate over marriage equality engulfed the
state Capitol during the first day of a special legislative session
called by Gov. Neil Abercrombie.
"It's
historic in the sense that there's a huge paradigm shift, but it's a
shift that, in my opinion, bends the arc of justice towards the right
way," Sen. Clayton Hee (D, Heeia-Laie-Waialua), the committee's
chairman, said after the vote. "It takes us to a new level of equal
rights."
The bill now goes to the full Senate, where it is likely to be approved and sent to the state House.
The House Judiciary and Finance committees have scheduled a 10 a.m. hearing Thursday on the measure.
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