STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1764

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

 

RE:   S.C.R. No. 166

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 166 entitled:

 

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE CONVENING OF A TASK FORCE TO STUDY THE SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, AND RELIGIOUS IMPACTS OF ENACTING MARRIAGE EQUALITY IN HAWAII,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to study the social, economic, and religious impacts of enacting marriage equality in the State of Hawaii by requesting that the Dean of the William S. Richardson School of Law at the University of Hawaii at Manoa convene a task force on the matter.

 

     The American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii, Citizens for Equal Rights, and Equality Hawaii supported this measure.  Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals, Transgendered, Intersex and Questioning-Oahu; Hawaii Catholic Conference; Hawaii Family Forum; Hawaii Family Advocates; and two concerned individuals opposed this measure.  The Hawaii Civil Rights Commission offered comments on this measure.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 166 and recommends its adoption.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary,

 

 

 

 

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KARL RHOADS, Chair