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In 1993, a state supreme court ruling in Hawaii in a case involving same sex marriage, held that under Hawaii's Equal Rights amendment a standard of "strict scrutiny" must be applied to any case that deprives people of basic civil rights. The decision did not establish a fundamental right of same sex marriage and was later invalidated by an amendment to the state constitution. | |||
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Baehr v. Lewin [r]: In 1993, a state supreme court ruling in Hawaii in a case involving same sex marriage, held that under Hawaii's Equal Rights amendment a standard of "strict scrutiny" must be applied to any case that deprives people of basic civil rights. The decision did not establish a fundamental right of same sex marriage and was later invalidated by an amendment to the state constitution.