Gerald Michael Gabbard (born January 15, 1948) is an American politician who is the Hawaii State Senator for District 21 from the Democratic Party, since 2006. Gabbard rose to prominence for efforts to prevent same-sex marriage in Hawaii by passing a 1998 amendment to the Constitution of Hawaii to give the state legislature "the power to reserve marriage to opposite-sex couples" under the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). Gabbard, who was born in American Samoa, is the first person of Samoan descent to serve in the Hawaii Senate.
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15 January 1948 (age 77) Fagatogo, American Samoa
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Zodiac | Capricorn |
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