Tag Archives: Hawaii

Ninth Circuit Court Reveals Judge Panel For Nevada, Idaho, & Hawaii Cases

Equality Case Files adds: “Reinhardt wrote majority in Prop 8 case and SmithKline (latter held sexual orientation must withstand heightened scrutiny). Berzon joined Reinhardt in SmithKline. Gould wrote majority in Witt v. Air Force.” Arguments in the three cases begin at 4PM in San Francisco on next Monday.

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Matt Baume: Marriage News Watch

Clip recap: Anti-gay attorneys took a beating before the Seventh Circuit last week, trying and failing to defend marriage bans before a panel of hostile judges. Now all eyes are on the Supreme Court to see which cases they’ll take up in their fall session. There’s another major marriage argument coming up in a few days. And the National Organization …

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HAWAII: Gov. Neil Abercrombie Blames Primary Loss On Same-Sex Marriage

Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie yesterday declared that he lost this month’s reelection primary because he had called a special legislative session on same-sex marriage. Republicans are allowed to vote for Democrats in Hawaii’s open primary, and Abercrombie said they chose to vote against him because of his support for gay marriage and because they think his party rival, state Sen. …

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NEXT MONDAY: Ninth Circuit Court To Hear Marriage Cases From NV, ID, & HI

Via press release from NCLR: On September 8th the Court will hear oral arguments beginning at 1 p.m. Pacific at the James R Browning US Courthouse, 95 7th Street, San Francisco, to laws banning marriage equality in Idaho, Nevada, and Hawaii. The National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) and Boise, Idaho attorneys Deborah A. Ferguson and Craig Durham of Ferguson …

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Matt Baume: Marriage News Watch

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HAWAII: Crackpot Lawmaker Forces Sex Education Opt-In Choice For Parents

Hawaii state Rep. Bob “Crazy Eyes” McDermott has apparently finally won one of his many crackpot crusades. Hawaii is making its sex education classes for middle school students opt-in, responding to critics by giving parents responsibility to affirm they want their children to be taught the course. The Department of Education said Friday that the shift from an opt-out policy …

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HAWAII: Catholic Diocese Schools Get New Employment Contract That Mandates The Firing Of Gay Teachers

Hawaii Civil Beat reports: The Hawaii Catholic schools office, which supervises three dozen Roman Catholic private schools in the state, has just approved a new contract that says teachers can be fired if they engage in homosexual activity or marry someone of the same sex. The contract goes on to list a wide array of actions and behaviors that would …

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HAWAII: Crackpot GOP Lawmaker Works To Stop Gay-Inclusive Sex Education

Losing all those attempts to stop gay marriage wasn’t the last we were going to hear from crackpot GOP Hawaii state Rep. Bob McDermott, who is now trying to get the state to yank a sex education program. Because it mentions homosexuality. “The program normalizes a homosexual lifestyle and anal sex, while failing to warn students of the extreme dangers …

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HAWAII: Crackpot Rep. Bob McDermott Loses Marriage Equality Challenge (Again)

Hawaii GOP state Rep. Bob McDermott was the undeniable crackpot star of his state’s ugly “people’s filibuster” against same-sex marriage. And yesterday a state court once again shot down his attempt to overturn the bill. First Circuit Judge Karl Sakamoto ruled Wednesday that the Hawaii Marriage Equality Act of 2013 is constitutional under both the state and federal constitutions. Hawaii …

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HAWAII: Christian Group To Testify Against Student Anti-Discrimination Bill

Hawaii Family Advocates, one of the hate groups that helped organize that state’s now-infamous “citizens’ filibuster” against same-sex marriage, is once again rallying their troops. Tomorrow the group’s supporters plan to descend upon a Hawaii House hearing on a student anti-discrimination bill. From the text of the bill: [[]§302A-1001[]] Student bias. No person in the State, on the basis of …

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Hawaii State Rep. Bob McDermott: I’m Not A Bigot, Homophobe, Or Hater

Yesterday Michelangelo Signorile interviewed Hawaii GOP state Rep. Bob McDermott, the anti-gay star of those horrible debates, who is still trying to use the courts to overturn the law. Hit the link for more from the interview.

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The Flag Of Equal Marriage

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HAWAII: Gay Weddings Commence

Same-sex marriage became legal in Hawaii at midnight last night, about four hours ago at this writing.  And the weddings have already begun. Six couples at a Waikiki resort tied the knot early Monday, exchanging vows side-by-side with one another in front of a few hundred guests shortly after midnight, while even more couples watched and waited their turn. Across …

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Matt Baume: Marriage News Watch

Clip recap: “Marriage starts this week in Hawaii, but there’s a potential new roadblock that could still halt the weddings. We have a date for a trial in Pennsylvania, there’s a new lawsuit in Texas, and one couple in Illinois has been allowed to marry six months before the scheduled start date.”

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HAWAII: Crackpot GOP State Rep Files Yet Another Court Challenge To Marriage

Hawaii state Rep. Bob “Crazy Eyes II” McDermott is trying again. With Hawaii poised to start issuing same-sex marriage licenses Monday, state Rep. Bob McDermott has filed a new motion in state Circuit Court looking to invalidate the state’s new law legalizing such marriages. The motion asks Judge Karl Sakamoto to reconsider the significance of Hawaii’s 1998 constitutional amendment; McDermott …

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Brian Brown: I’m Thankful For Jo Jordan

“It’s been a tough year for those of us who labor to preserve true marriage, but I am still thankful for so many things. First, I am thankful for the struggle that we’re in the midst of experiencing. Though we’ve suffered some losses, they have been hard-fought and close. I’m thankful for all those who stood with us in the …

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Damage Control From Brian Brown

“Dear Joe, The ball is in our court. Same-sex ‘marriage’ activists have launched an unprecedented assault on marriage over the past 12 months. And in that time, we’ve seen some terrible losses for this cherished institution. But the truth is that these radicals targeted the most liberal of states — states like Illinois and Hawaii where the political situation was …

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Matt Baume: Marriage New Watch

Clip recap: What an end to the year — the marriage bill is a done deal in Hawaii, and before the week is over another will be signed in Illinois. Plus there’s a new lawsuit in Idaho, positive polling in Maine, and we’re one step closer to the ballot in Ohio. But we’re also facing some very tough work in …

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Brian Brown Still Has The Hawaii Sadz

“How many folks still have common sense? Quite a few, actually. We’ve seen this common sense most recently in Hawaii where over ten thousand people came out in peaceful and prayerful protest against their legislature’s decision to redefine marriage. In fact, we know that it is the vast majority of Hawaiians, and by no means the minority, who know that …

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Hawaii’s Road To Marriage

Here’s a great compilation of Hawaiian news clips from the last two weeks. We’ve watched many of these legislative debates, but I don’t think anybody would argue that Hawaii’s featured by far the ugliest anti-gay batshittery of them all. Which makes the win all that much sweeter.

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