HONOLULU — The state Supreme Court has dismissed a lawsuit challenging Hawaii’s same-sex marriage law.
The court says in an opinion Wednesday that the plaintiffs lack standing to make the challenge.
Republican state Rep. Bob McDermott is one of four people who sued to stop the state from issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples. The circuit court denied their motion for a temporary restraining order. They appealed.
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McDermott says the state Supreme Court took the “cowardly” way out by throwing out the case based on the plaintiffs’ standing. He says he doesn’t know what his next step will be.
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