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发帖数: 4174 | 1 Posted on Advocate.com February 11, 2011
Hawaii Passes Civil Unions
By Advocate.com Editors
The Hawaii house of representatives passed a bill Friday to legalize civil
unions in the state after more than a decade of contentious debate with a
vote of 31-19, the Associated Press reports.
The state senate passed the same bill last month. Gov. Neil Abercrombie is
expected to sign the bill into law.
Evan Wolfson, the founder and president of Freedom to Marry was co-counsel
in the landmark Hawaii marriage case, Baehr v. Miike, which in the 1990s
launched the current nationwide conversation around the freedom to marry.
"This is a victory for all families, because it strengthens the lives of
many couples and their loved ones while taking nothing away from anyone else
, thereby strengthening the entire ohana, the entire community," he said in
a statement Friday. "Freedom to Marry applauds Equality Hawaii for its
leadership in securing needed protections for Hawaii’s families."
State lawmakers passed similar legislation last year, but former Gov. Linda
Lingle vetoed the bill. | g********d
发帖数: 4174 | 2 1993年HI最高法院判决不允许同性婚姻是歧视，1998年公投修宪禁止同性婚姻，1996年
的DOMA也是因HI而生，去年州参众两院通过CU，被州长一票否决，今年参众两院再通过
CU，新州长已经答应会签字 （参院还要再就众院的修改版投票，这应该只是形式）。
作为美国FIGHT FOR同性婚姻的先驱，HI的路更长更崎岖。十几年的梦想还没有成真，
因为现在通过的只是CU，但是这是走向MARRIAGE的重要一步。 | k*****e
发帖数: 22013 | 3 HI这么多事端。
上届州长linda lingle是63年以来唯一一个共和党州长
就她否决了CU...
【在 g********d 的大作中提到】
: 1993年HI最高法院判决不允许同性婚姻是歧视，1998年公投修宪禁止同性婚姻，1996年
: 的DOMA也是因HI而生，去年州参众两院通过CU，被州长一票否决，今年参众两院再通过
: CU，新州长已经答应会签字 （参院还要再就众院的修改版投票，这应该只是形式）。
: 作为美国FIGHT FOR同性婚姻的先驱，HI的路更长更崎岖。十几年的梦想还没有成真，
: 因为现在通过的只是CU，但是这是走向MARRIAGE的重要一步。
| m******1
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