Hawaii Governor Lingle Places Civil Unions Bill on Potential Veto List
June 23, 2010
Yesterday, Governor Linda Lingle announced the bills of the 2010 Legislative Session that she is considering to veto. In her offices, at the Hawaii State Capitol, Gov. Lingle placed HB444, Hawaii’s civil unions bill on the list of 39 bills that she would consider to veto. Per Hawaii’s constitution, the Governor is allotted 10 business days to decide whether or not she will veto, sign, or allow bills to become law without her signature. In a crowded room of reporters and advocates for both sides of the issue, Governor Lingle stated that HB444 is quite possibly the most difficult and important decision of her 30 years in public office and that she has simply not yet made up her mind.
Continue Reading ►Department of Labor Issues Guidance Expanding FMLA Leave for LGBT Parents
June 23, 2010
Yesterday, the Department of Labor announced new guidance that permits an employee to take time off under the federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) to care for a child for whom he or she is acting as a parent, even if the employee does not have a legal or biological relationship to that the child.
Continue Reading ►Providence Mayor David Cicilline Visits HRC at Rhode Island Pride
June 23, 2010
Providence Mayor David Cicilline attended Rhode Island pride this past weekend. He is now running for Congress, hoping to join Tammy Baldwin, Barney Frank, and Jared Polis as openly gay members. The Mayor took time on Saturday to say hello to the HRC volunteers as he greeted the thousands who attended Rhode Island Pride in Providence.
Continue Reading ►Elena Kagan: Changing the Face of the Court
June 22, 2010
If confirmed as the next Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, Elena Kagan would change the face of the Court in several ways. Until 1981, no woman had ever served as a justice on the Supreme Court. That changed with the confirmation of Sandra Day O’Connor. She was joined on the Court by Ruth Bader Ginsberg in 1993, where the two served together until Justice O’Connor’s retirement in 2006. Justice Sonia Sotomayor joined Justice Ginsberg on the Court in 2009, and Kagan’s confirmation this summer would bring the total number of woman on the Court to three, an historic level.
Continue Reading ►At Honolulu Pride, Celebrating and Working for Victory on Civil Unions
June 21, 2010
This weekend, Tony and I partnered with Equality Hawaii at Honolulu Pride. With over 500 people in attendance, we collected postcards to send to Governor Lingle, urging her to sign the recently passed civil unions bill. With the bill on the verge of passage, everyone was ready and excited to celebrate a victory. Some said, “this is what a pride celebration should be about; celebrating the successes that the community has won.”
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