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Domestic partnership in Hawaii
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Legal recognition of
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Civil unions and
registered partnerships |
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Argentina (C, RN, VCP)
Australia (TAS, ACT, VIC eff. 2008-12-1)
Brazil (RS)
Canada (NS, QC)
Mexico (Coah., DF)
United States (CA, CT, DC, HI, ME, NH, NJ, OR, VT, WA)
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| Unregistered co-habitation |
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Recognition granted,
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| LGBT portal |
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See also: Reciprocal Beneficiary Relationships in Hawaii.
Hawaii has neither legalized same-sex marriage nor civil unions however the state does provide for Reciprocal Beneficiary Relationships which any two people, who are not married, can register for, including same-sex couples.
In 1998, Hawaiians amended their state constitution to prevent the judicial introduction of same-sex marriage, however the constitution is silent on civil unions and does not prevent the legislature from introducing either same-sex marriage or civil unions.
A bill to create civil unions is expected to be introduced to the House in March 2008. A similar bill was proposed in 2007, but was allowed to die.
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