Complex sentence: In an order issued on August 8,2012, U.S. District Court Judge Alan Kay rejected the plaintiffs'claims and granted defendants' motion for summary judgment, upholding Hawaii's ban on same-sex marriage.
Split into simpler sentences: In an order issued on August 8,2012, U.S. District Court Judge Alan Kay rejected the plaintiffs'claims and granted defendants' motion for summary judgment. This had the effect of upholding Hawaii's ban on same-sex marriage.