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 DEPARTMENT OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL News Release NEIL ABERCROMBIE GOVERNOR  ________________________ __________________________ David M. Louie Russell Suzuki Attorney General First Deputy Attorney General Phone: (808) 586-1500  ________________________ _________________________ 450606_4.DOC For Immediate Release: February 21, 2012  News Release 2012-04 The Department of the Attorney General Files Answers to Same-Sex Marriage Lawsuit HONOLULU - Attorney General David M. Louie announced today that Governor Neil Abercrombie and Director of the State Department of Health Loretta Fuddy, have filed separate answers, as the two defendants named in their official capacities, in the First Amended Complaint in Jackson v. Abercrombie, the United States District Court lawsuit which challenges Hawaii’s ban on same sex marriage. Governor Abercrombie has acknowledged many of the complaint’s allegations, including the denial of federal constitutional rights caused by the state’s existing marriage law. Director Fuddy, however, as the director of the department charged with administerin g the law, has denied many of the complaint’s allegations. As such, the Department of Health will continue to enforce the law, and will vigorously defend it. Both defendants’ answers are attached to this press release. The Complaint The complaint alleges that on November 18, 2011, plaintiffs Natasha Jackson and Janin Kleid were denied a marriage license by the Department of Health because they are both women. The complaint also alleges that plaintiff Gary Bradley and his partner were the first male couple to obtain a civil union in Hawaii, but chose not to apply for a marriage license because it would be “futile” to do so under state law. All three plaintiffs allege that the denial of a marriage license to them by the State, pursuant to section 572-1 of the Hawaii Revised Statutes and article I, section 23 of the Hawaii Constitution, violates their rights to Due Process and Equal Protection under state law, guaranteed them by the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution.

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