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A group of gay marriage supporters on Maui plan to hold a demonstration today and tomorrow afternoon outside the Federal Courthouse on High Street in Wailuku.  The demonstration is being planned around the U.S. 9th Circuit Judicial Conference being held on Maui this week. Event organizers hope to remind visiting judges of the group’s stance […]

Lambda Legal and the American Civil Liberties Union of Hawai`i (ACLU) today expressed disappointment in Governor Linda Lingle’s decision today to veto House Bill 444 that would have given same sex couples similar legal responsibilities as legally married heterosexual couples.  The two groups readied a lawsuit after the House tabled the Civil Unions bill in […]

Governor Linda Lingle is expected to announce her decision today on the controversial civil unions bill.  The item was among 39 the Governor is considering for potential veto.  If passed, the measure would give same sex couples, the same rights, responsibilities and benefits of legally married couples.  Any bill on the potential veto list can […]