HI: Gay Maui Wedding Planners Not Allowed to Marry

Kevin Rebelo and Frank Miholer own a wedding company, and they say they've married more than 4,000 heterosexual couples since 1994. Couples can choose a Christian, nonreligious or Hawaiian ceremony. And their marriages are celebrated in romantic island settings, with lei and photography, mostly on beaches in Wailea and Makena. But because Hawaii law does not allow marriages or civil unions of same-sex couples, Rebelo and Miholer can't marry and have their relationship legally recognized by the state. "We have been a couple for 16 years, yet we are not allowed to have the same rights as our married straight neighbors," they said in e-mail this week to The Maui News. "It is quite ironic that we are ordained and licensed to marry couples but are not allowed the same privilege for ourselves." Full Story from The Maui News

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