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IT WAS A SPECIAL MOTHERS DAY FOR A FAMILY INSTRUMENTAL IN THE MARRIAGE EQUALITY MOVEMENT IN HAWAII. KITV4'S ROGER MARI WAS AT KEEHI LAGOON WHERE THE KA MAMALA-HOE CANOE CLUB BLESSED A NEW CANOE. THIS BRAND NEW RACING CANOE AT KEEHI LAGOON IS THE "KALIKOLEHUA." NAMED AFTER THE DAUGHTER OF SUZANNE AND TAMBRY YOUNG. A LOCAL LESBIAN COUPLE OF 34 YEARS. "IT'S NOT LIKE SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS OFTEN LIKE YOU DON'T NORMALLY GET A CALL THAT'S LIKE, OK CAN I NAME A CANOE AFTER YOU? IT'S A NEW FEELING." "SHYLAR IS NAMED AFTER ME, KALIKOLEHUA SO, WE SHARE THAT SPECIAL BOND, AND NOW THE WHOLE FAMILY HAS A CANOE THAT CONTINUES TO BRING US TOGETHER, IT'S REALLY SPECIAL." IN 2009 TAMBRY STEPPED OUT OF CANOE PADDLING TO WORK ON THE MARRIAGE EQUALITY MOVEMENT. IT'S THE SAME YEAR THE COUPLE TIED THE KNOT IN MASSACHUSETTS. NOW THAT SAME-SEX MARRIAGE IS LEGAL IN HAWAII, TAMBRY FEELS SHE CAN NOW GET BACK TO PADDLING AGAIN. "WE FEEL VERY PRIVILAGED AND I CAN'T WAIT TO GET IN HER AND PADDLE HER IN A RACE." IT WAS LONG-TIME PADDLER, AL KONISHI WHO CAME UP WITH THE IDEA TO NAME A CANOE AFTER SHYLAR. HE WANTED TO HONOR THEM FOR STEPPING FORWARD. "I CONSIDER THEM HEROS, YOU KNOW, THEY CAME OUT VERY PUBLICLY VERY EFFECTIVELY ON A VERY IMPORTANT SOCIAL ISSUE." ASIDE FROM HAVING A CANOE NAMED AFTER HER, FOR SHYLAR, TODAY WAS JUST ANOTHER MOTHERS DAY WHERE SHE HONORS THE 2 PARENTS THAT RAISED HER." "I GUESS I'VE ALWAYS FELT LIKE WE'RE NOT DIFFERENT THAN ANYONE ELSE, I HAVE TWO PARENTS THAT LOVE EACH OTHER IT SHOULDN'T MATTER WHAT THEIR GENDER IS. IT SHOULD JUST BE WHAT MARRIAGE IS ABOUT, JUST TWO PEOPLE THAT LOVE EACH OTHER UNCONDITIONALLY." ROGER MARI KITV4 NEWS THE KALIKOLEHUA IS THE LATEST ADDITION TO THE KA MAMALAHOE CANOE CLUB. IT WILL HIT THE WATER FOR IT'S FIRST RACE WHEN THE SEASON STARTS ON MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND.
IT WAS A SPECIAL MOTHERS DAY FOR A FAMILY INSTRUMENTAL IN THE MARRIAGE EQUALITY MOVEMENT IN HAWAII. KITV4'S ROGER MARI WAS AT KEEHI LAGOON WHERE THE KA MAMALA-HOE CANOE CLUB BLESSED A NEW CANOE. THIS BRAND NEW RACING CANOE AT KEEHI LAGOON IS THE "KALIKOLEHUA." NAMED AFTER THE DAUGHTER OF SUZANNE AND TAMBRY YOUNG. A LOCAL LESBIAN COUPLE OF 34 YEARS. "IT'S NOT LIKE SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS OFTEN LIKE YOU DON'T NORMALLY GET A CALL THAT'S LIKE, OK CAN I NAME A CANOE AFTER YOU? IT'S A NEW FEELING." "SHYLAR IS NAMED AFTER ME, KALIKOLEHUA SO, WE SHARE THAT SPECIAL BOND, AND NOW THE WHOLE FAMILY HAS A CANOE THAT CONTINUES TO BRING US TOGETHER, IT'S REALLY SPECIAL." IN 2009 TAMBRY STEPPED OUT OF CANOE PADDLING TO WORK ON THE MARRIAGE EQUALITY MOVEMENT. IT'S THE SAME YEAR THE COUPLE TIED THE KNOT IN MASSACHUSETTS. NOW THAT SAME-SEX MARRIAGE IS LEGAL IN HAWAII, TAMBRY FEELS SHE CAN NOW GET BACK TO PADDLING AGAIN. "WE FEEL VERY PRIVILAGED AND I CAN'T WAIT TO GET IN HER AND PADDLE HER IN A RACE." IT WAS LONG-TIME PADDLER, AL KONISHI WHO CAME UP WITH THE IDEA TO NAME A CANOE AFTER SHYLAR. HE WANTED TO HONOR THEM FOR STEPPING FORWARD. "I CONSIDER THEM HEROS, YOU KNOW, THEY CAME OUT VERY PUBLICLY VERY EFFECTIVELY ON A VERY IMPORTANT SOCIAL ISSUE." ASIDE FROM HAVING A CANOE NAMED AFTER HER, FOR SHYLAR, TODAY WAS JUST ANOTHER MOTHERS DAY WHERE SHE HONORS THE 2 PARENTS THAT RAISED HER." "I GUESS I'VE ALWAYS FELT LIKE WE'RE NOT DIFFERENT THAN ANYONE ELSE, I HAVE TWO PARENTS THAT LOVE EACH OTHER IT SHOULDN'T MATTER WHAT THEIR GENDER IS. IT SHOULD JUST BE WHAT MARRIAGE IS ABOUT, JUST TWO PEOPLE THAT LOVE EACH OTHER UNCONDITIONALLY." ROGER MARI KITV4 NEWS THE KALIKOLEHUA IS THE LATEST ADDITION TO THE KA MAMALAHOE CANOE CLUB. IT WILL HIT THE WATER FOR IT'S FIRST RACE WHEN THE SEASON STARTS ON MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND.