Much research is being done on oxytocin, the hormone that increases during pregnancy and causes a strong impulse for a mother to care for her baby. Now the University of Hawaii and the University of Washington are conducting studies on mothers as young as fourteen who abort their babies to observe various effects of oxytocin, or lack thereof (possibly death of the teen girl).
Also read Babies Can Hear the Abortionist Coming, Study Shows
And read Planned Parenthood President Asks, Who Cares When Life Begins?
-- From "Oxytocin may influence maternal social behavior, study finds" posted at Medical News Today 4/16/15
Oxytocin is often referred to as the "love hormone," hailed for its role in sexual attraction and maternal bonding. But according to new research, the hormone may also influence maternal social behavior.
The study, recently published in the journal Nature, reveals how oxytocin increases the processing of social information in the left auditory cortex of the brain, prompting female mice to respond to distress calls from their pups.
Next, the team plans to gain a better understanding of the way oxytocin is released in the brain under natural conditions after childbirth.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Hormone oxytocin jump-starts maternal behavior" by Melissa Healy, Los Angeles Times 4/15/15
[Oxytocin] surges each time a mother's milk becomes available to nourish and comfort her baby. It spikes when she gazes at her infant, or hears its cry from another room.
“We found that oxytocin turns up the volume of social information processed in the brain," said Robert Froemke, the study's senior author and an assistant professor at New York University's Langone School of Medicine and its Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine.
That makes oxytocin both more powerful and less powerful than many have believed, said Froemke. The hormone should be understood not as a fast-acting love potion, but rather as a well-timed neural nudge toward more social behavior.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "University Recruits Teens to Abort Their Babies in Name of 'Scientific Research'" by Kristan Hawkins, LifeNews.com 4/15/15
Researchers in Hawaii are recruiting girls as young as 14 to participate in second trimester abortions, where the preborn baby is 18-24 weeks gestation, in order to test whether or not oxytocin can reduce bleeding in mothers during and after abortion.
The clinical study in Hawaii is seeking 166 participants and supposedly started in October of last year and is expected to finish in July of this year. . . .
This study at the University of Hawaii is seeking to abort babies 18-24 weeks gestation, putting mothers at a high risk of complications and even death.
The study is currently under way at the Kapiolani Medical Center in Honolulu, led by Bliss Kaneshiro and Kate Whitehouse. The center does not mention they do abortions on their website nor does it mention they are housing this study and aborting possibly viable babies.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Late-Term Abortion Bleeding Experiment" by Mark Stricherz, Aleteia 4/9/15
Aborting a pregnancy in the second trimester carries risks, physicians say. Irregular bleeding is common for two weeks after the procedure and nine American women who have abortions after 20 weeks gestation die every year, according to figures from medical and abortion-provider groups.
In the randomized trial, researchers experiment by either providing or denying intravenous oxytocin to abortion patients. Oxytocin is commonly used to minimize blood loss and decrease the risk of hemorrhage. However, some doctors are concerned that denying oxytocin during surgery may put patients, especially teen girls, at risk.
Researchers will follow patients until they leave the clinic and gauge their "satisfaction, pain score, and postoperative bleeding," according to the study.
Culturally progressive news sites have not reported on the trial. But Planned Parenthood cites two studies to show that women who abort their pregnancy in the second term are still less likely to die than women who give birth.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
Click headlines below to read previous articles:
Abortionist Kills Chicago Mother in Second Trimester
Woman Dies from Abortion in Maryland, Media Silent
Near-death Abortion Settled for $1.9 Million
Planned Parenthood Pays $2M to Hide Wrongful Death
New Mexico Ignores Deadly Botched Abortions
More Abortionists Admit Killing Kids After Birth
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Friday, October 17, 2014
Obama Pays Pre-teens to Learn Anal Sex in Hawaii
Public middle school students are being paid as much as $20 in gift cards by the University of Hawaii Center on Disability Studies to participate in homosexual indoctrination courses funded by the Pono Choices program from a grant of $5 million by U.S. Office of Adolescent Health, according to President Obama's U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
UPDATE 11/22/14: Oregon Trains Pre-teens in Masturbation, Anal Sex
For background, click headlines below to read previous articles:
President Obama Wants an End to Abstinence, Favors Anal Sex
Anal Sex is Main Cause of HIV Pandemic, Study Shows
October is Homosexual Indoctrination Month in Schools Nationwide
White House Says Gay Recruitment of Kids Successful
Also read the history of President Obama's Gay Agenda for Schools
In addition, read how public schools integrate pornography and sex training into the curriculum and also read the myriad examples of kids' sexcapades starting in kindergarten and even pre-school.
-- From "Gift cards rewarded to children who participate in Hawaii sex ed program" by Jessica Chasmar, The Washington Times 10/15/14
The taxpayer-funded gift cards are issued to 11-, 12- and 13-year-olds who participate in the program, which teaches about anal and homosexual sex, as well as other sexual behaviors.
Republican Rep. Bob McDermott led the charge to pressure the state Board of Education to pull the curriculum, which succeeded briefly until the program was revised and reinstated over the summer.
“This is a shameless manipulation of the data — giving 11-year-old kids a $10 dollar gift card, and then asking them how they liked the program,” Mr. McDermott said, Watchdog.org reported. “Hawaii’s parents are in the unique situation of having their own tax dollars used to propagandize the ‘value’ of this deceptive intrusion into their public schools, to ‘sell’ them on a program they didn’t ask for and don’t want.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Hawaii students get gift cards to participate in sex education program" by Malia Zimmerman, Hawaii Reporter 10/14/14
The curriculum, developed by the University of Hawaii Center on Disability Studies, set off a firestorm over the past year. Some parents and lawmakers said the program, which taught children as young as age 11 about anal and homosexual sex, was inaccurate and inappropriate.
Rep. Bob McDermott, R-Aiea, who has a 12-year-old son in public school, led the charge to pressure the state Board of Education to pull the curriculum. He accused the DOE of “normalizing homosexual lifestyles” and “putting students at risk by withholding critical facts.”
After pressure from McDermott and the public, the DOE pulled the curriculum and formed a task force to review concerns. The task force released 11 new recommendations on June 6 and stopped the implementation of the program until developers addressed the concerns and inaccuracies. The program was reinstated over the summer.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
Also read President Obama Focuses Government on the One Percenters of America -- the Homosexuals
And read President Obama's Homosexual Easter at the White House
In addition, read American Decline: Obama's Gay Agenda vs. Christians
“Paying to be brainwashed so you will consent to pay more to have your children brainwashed is not a good use of tax dollars.”UPDATE 11/20/14: Obama Top Homosexual Arrested for Anal Sex with Boy
-- Representative Bob McDermott
UPDATE 11/22/14: Oregon Trains Pre-teens in Masturbation, Anal Sex
For background, click headlines below to read previous articles:
President Obama Wants an End to Abstinence, Favors Anal Sex
Anal Sex is Main Cause of HIV Pandemic, Study Shows
October is Homosexual Indoctrination Month in Schools Nationwide
White House Says Gay Recruitment of Kids Successful
Also read the history of President Obama's Gay Agenda for Schools
In addition, read how public schools integrate pornography and sex training into the curriculum and also read the myriad examples of kids' sexcapades starting in kindergarten and even pre-school.
-- From "Gift cards rewarded to children who participate in Hawaii sex ed program" by Jessica Chasmar, The Washington Times 10/15/14
The taxpayer-funded gift cards are issued to 11-, 12- and 13-year-olds who participate in the program, which teaches about anal and homosexual sex, as well as other sexual behaviors.
Republican Rep. Bob McDermott led the charge to pressure the state Board of Education to pull the curriculum, which succeeded briefly until the program was revised and reinstated over the summer.
“This is a shameless manipulation of the data — giving 11-year-old kids a $10 dollar gift card, and then asking them how they liked the program,” Mr. McDermott said, Watchdog.org reported. “Hawaii’s parents are in the unique situation of having their own tax dollars used to propagandize the ‘value’ of this deceptive intrusion into their public schools, to ‘sell’ them on a program they didn’t ask for and don’t want.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Hawaii students get gift cards to participate in sex education program" by Malia Zimmerman, Hawaii Reporter 10/14/14
The curriculum, developed by the University of Hawaii Center on Disability Studies, set off a firestorm over the past year. Some parents and lawmakers said the program, which taught children as young as age 11 about anal and homosexual sex, was inaccurate and inappropriate.
Rep. Bob McDermott, R-Aiea, who has a 12-year-old son in public school, led the charge to pressure the state Board of Education to pull the curriculum. He accused the DOE of “normalizing homosexual lifestyles” and “putting students at risk by withholding critical facts.”
After pressure from McDermott and the public, the DOE pulled the curriculum and formed a task force to review concerns. The task force released 11 new recommendations on June 6 and stopped the implementation of the program until developers addressed the concerns and inaccuracies. The program was reinstated over the summer.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
Also read President Obama Focuses Government on the One Percenters of America -- the Homosexuals
And read President Obama's Homosexual Easter at the White House
In addition, read American Decline: Obama's Gay Agenda vs. Christians
Saturday, August 16, 2014
Arizona Court: 'Pregnant Man' Can Divorce 'Wife'
The Arizona Court of Appeals ruled that an Arizona mother of several children, who lives as a bearded man after having her breasts removed, is free to divorce the co-mother of three of her children, whom she "married" in Hawaii — now desiring to marry a third woman — despite the Arizona constitutional amendment defining marriage as between one person with male DNA and another person with female DNA.
These days, "you can't tell the players without a scorecard."
For background, read Pregnant 'Man' of Transgender 'Couple' and also read Surgical 'Miracle:' First Genderless Person
Also read how activist judges across America are forbidding voters the right to define marriage as between one man and one woman, however a few lone judges are ruling for the constitutionality of natural marriage.
-- From "Arizona Appeals Court: 'Pregnant Man' can get a divorce" by Michael Kiefer, The Arizona Republic 8/14/14
[Thomas] Beatie, 40, was born female, but in 1997, he began testing to determine his psychological gender, and in 2002 underwent the first of his gender-reassignment surgeries. Under Hawaiian law, he was able to have his birth certificate amended and be legally recognized as male. He subsequently married.
Because his wife was unable to conceive children, and because Beatie still had female reproductive organs, he was artificially inseminated and became pregnant.
Then he hit the talk-show and tabloid circuit as the "The Pregnant Man," posing with his manly beard and chest and his very pregnant belly. He gave birth to his first child in 2008 and had two more by 2011.
But in March 2013, Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Douglas Gerlach ruled that Beatie's marriage was between two females because Beatie had given birth. Same-sex marriage is illegal in Arizona.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Same-sex-marriage ban can't stop transgender divorce" by Howard Fischer Capitol Media Services 8/13/14
Thomas obtained an amended birth certificate after getting what Hawaii required: an affidavit from a doctor testifying that psychological and medical testing determined his “true gender” to be male. He also went through some surgery to change his appearance.
In an unusual decision, the judges said the only relevant fact for an Arizona judge to consider is whether the state that solemnized the marriage recognized the spouse as male.
Judge Kenton Jones, writing for the unanimous appellate court, said it would be a constitutional violation for Arizona to fail to accept Hawaii’s decision this was a heterosexual couple.
But the court made it clear that it was not saying that same-sex couples legally married elsewhere could seek a divorce in Arizona.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "VICTORY! Marriages of Transgender People Ruled Valid by Courts in Arizona and California" posted at Transgender Law Center
The Arizona Court of Appeals echoed the arguments made in Transgender Law Center’s amicus brief that because “the right to have children is a liberty interest afforded special constitutional protection”—“one of the basic civil rights of man”—it would not interpret the Arizona or Hawaii gender-change statute as “prohibit[ing] giving birth as a prerequisite to gender redesignation.” The court also held that to deny Thomas Beatie legal recognition as male “would run afoul of the equal protection clause of the U.S. Constitution.”
“Divorce is hard enough as it is. Nobody expects the government to contest it. After two and a half long years, I’ve finally been legally vindicated and validated not only as a husband, father, and a man, but as a human being,” said Beatie. “Hopefully now, other transgender people in Arizona and throughout the country don’t have to live in fear of their marriages, families, and identities being challenged and disrespected just because of who they are.”
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
Also read how All American Taxpayers Now Fund Elderly Sex Changes
In addition, read Transgenderism is a 'Delusion' According to Victim
These days, "you can't tell the players without a scorecard."
For background, read Pregnant 'Man' of Transgender 'Couple' and also read Surgical 'Miracle:' First Genderless Person
Also read how activist judges across America are forbidding voters the right to define marriage as between one man and one woman, however a few lone judges are ruling for the constitutionality of natural marriage.
-- From "Arizona Appeals Court: 'Pregnant Man' can get a divorce" by Michael Kiefer, The Arizona Republic 8/14/14
[Thomas] Beatie, 40, was born female, but in 1997, he began testing to determine his psychological gender, and in 2002 underwent the first of his gender-reassignment surgeries. Under Hawaiian law, he was able to have his birth certificate amended and be legally recognized as male. He subsequently married.
Because his wife was unable to conceive children, and because Beatie still had female reproductive organs, he was artificially inseminated and became pregnant.
Then he hit the talk-show and tabloid circuit as the "The Pregnant Man," posing with his manly beard and chest and his very pregnant belly. He gave birth to his first child in 2008 and had two more by 2011.
But in March 2013, Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Douglas Gerlach ruled that Beatie's marriage was between two females because Beatie had given birth. Same-sex marriage is illegal in Arizona.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Same-sex-marriage ban can't stop transgender divorce" by Howard Fischer Capitol Media Services 8/13/14
Thomas obtained an amended birth certificate after getting what Hawaii required: an affidavit from a doctor testifying that psychological and medical testing determined his “true gender” to be male. He also went through some surgery to change his appearance.
In an unusual decision, the judges said the only relevant fact for an Arizona judge to consider is whether the state that solemnized the marriage recognized the spouse as male.
Judge Kenton Jones, writing for the unanimous appellate court, said it would be a constitutional violation for Arizona to fail to accept Hawaii’s decision this was a heterosexual couple.
But the court made it clear that it was not saying that same-sex couples legally married elsewhere could seek a divorce in Arizona.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "VICTORY! Marriages of Transgender People Ruled Valid by Courts in Arizona and California" posted at Transgender Law Center
The Arizona Court of Appeals echoed the arguments made in Transgender Law Center’s amicus brief that because “the right to have children is a liberty interest afforded special constitutional protection”—“one of the basic civil rights of man”—it would not interpret the Arizona or Hawaii gender-change statute as “prohibit[ing] giving birth as a prerequisite to gender redesignation.” The court also held that to deny Thomas Beatie legal recognition as male “would run afoul of the equal protection clause of the U.S. Constitution.”
“Divorce is hard enough as it is. Nobody expects the government to contest it. After two and a half long years, I’ve finally been legally vindicated and validated not only as a husband, father, and a man, but as a human being,” said Beatie. “Hopefully now, other transgender people in Arizona and throughout the country don’t have to live in fear of their marriages, families, and identities being challenged and disrespected just because of who they are.”
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
Also read how All American Taxpayers Now Fund Elderly Sex Changes
In addition, read Transgenderism is a 'Delusion' According to Victim
Friday, November 01, 2013
'Gay Marriage:' Hawaii Government Oppose Citizens
Shortly after over 10,000 citizens gathered at the Capitol demanding preservation of marriage as one man and one woman, the Hawaii Senate passed a bill to redefine marriage and unconstitutionally discriminate against Christians, Jews, Muslims and others. Today, the state House continues hearing testimony from thousands of citizens, and yet the mainstream media is reporting that Democrats, who control the legislature and governorship, will certainly pass same-sex marriage.
For background, read Hawaii Civil Unions NOT Marriage, Federal Judge Rules and also read Lesbians Find Christians to Sue in Hawaii
And read of the 14 other states that have redefined marriage.
-- From "House committee hearing on gay marriage to resume" by Oskar Garcia, Associated Press 11/1/13
A Hawaii House committee hearing on gay marriage took a break early Friday after a 14-hour session, and will resume later in the morning to hear testimony from more than 4,000 people who have yet to speak.
The House judiciary and finance committees are considering a bill passed by the state Senate to legalize gay marriage. The legislation is the centerpiece of a special session called by Gov. Neil Abercrombie, with a goal of passing a bill so same-sex couples married in Hawaii can receive federal benefits as granted by a U.S. Supreme Court ruling earlier this year.
With two minutes allotted for each speaker, the rest of public testimony could take as much as 139 hours — nearly six days if the hearing was to run continuously. Not all testifiers have been present when their number was called, but many waited in the Hawaii Capitol for several hours for their turn to speak.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Hawaii Senate passes bill to legalize gay marriage" by Treena Shapiro, Reuters 10/31/13
The 20-4 vote in favor of the bill, with three Democrats joining the state Senate's lone Republican to oppose the measure, came two days after the start of a special session called by Democratic Governor Neil Abercrombie to take up the legislation. One senator was absent for the vote.
If the bill is approved, as expected, by the state House of Representatives - where Democrats outnumber Republicans 44-7 - Hawaii would become the 15th vote to make it legal for gay and lesbian couples to wed.
Abercrombie, who served more than two decades in the U.S. House of Representatives before running for governor in 2010, signed a same-sex civil unions bill into law two years ago and has since been a vocal proponent of gay marriage.
His predecessor, Republican Linda Lingle, vetoed a civil unions bill in 2010.
In 1993, the Hawaii Supreme Court ruled it was discriminatory to deny marriage rights to same-sex couples.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Opponents of Same Sex Marriage Overwhelm the Capitol, but Bill Easily Passes Senate Judiciary Committee" posted at Hawaii Reporter 10/29/13
As many as 12,000 people on three islands turned out Monday, October 28, at a 5-hour rally to protest Senate Bill 1, a bill that would legalize same sex marriage in Hawaii.
Coordinated by Christian churches and family advocacy groups, the rallies were timed with the opening day of the special legislative session called by Gov. Neil Abercrombie to pass a same sex marriage bill before the end of the year.
The massive crowd chanted and waved signs that said “Let the people decide,” demanding legislators allow a public vote on the issue, and a number of religious and political leaders spoke at the event held in the capitol rotunda.
People stood on line for hours to testify before the Senate Judiciary and Labor Committee on the gay marriage bill. More than 400 people testified in person after 3,459 people sent testimony in advance and hundreds more submitted testimony after the deadline or in person.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Experts say Hawaii’s gay marriage bill worst at protecting religious freedom" by Malia Zimmermann, Hawaii Reporter 10/30/13
While SB1 protects religious clergy from liability for refusing to solemnize a same sex marriage, the legislation offers no exemption to non-clergy members, such as judges, [Civil rights attorney Jim] Hochberg said.
SB1 also fails to protect religious organizations from liability if they decline requests to use their properties for same sex celebrations, Hochberg said, because to qualify for the protection, a church must “not make its facilities or grounds available to the general public for solemnization of any marriage celebration for a profit.”
Five noted law professors told Hawaii lawmakers this week they agree SB 1 will infringe on religious liberties, and the bill should be amended.
While the professors expressed support for same-sex marriage, they warned careless or overly aggressive drafting could create a whole new set of problems for the religious liberty of those believers who cannot conscientiously participate in implementing the new regime.
“The gain for human liberty will be severely compromised if same-sex couples now force religious dissenters to violate their conscience in the same way that those dissenters, when they had the power to do so, used to force same-sex couples to hide their sexuality,” the law professors wrote.
“A bill that addresses only solemnization would do less to protect religious liberty than any other state that has enacted same-sex marriage by legislation,” the professors wrote.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
Also read Hawaii Ends Prayer in Senate - Bows to ACLU
Fn addition, read Homosexualists Say Gay Agenda will be Complete when Christians are Muzzled as well as Senator Ted Cruz Says the Gay Agenda Ends Christian Liberty
For background, read Hawaii Civil Unions NOT Marriage, Federal Judge Rules and also read Lesbians Find Christians to Sue in Hawaii
And read of the 14 other states that have redefined marriage.
-- From "House committee hearing on gay marriage to resume" by Oskar Garcia, Associated Press 11/1/13
A Hawaii House committee hearing on gay marriage took a break early Friday after a 14-hour session, and will resume later in the morning to hear testimony from more than 4,000 people who have yet to speak.
The House judiciary and finance committees are considering a bill passed by the state Senate to legalize gay marriage. The legislation is the centerpiece of a special session called by Gov. Neil Abercrombie, with a goal of passing a bill so same-sex couples married in Hawaii can receive federal benefits as granted by a U.S. Supreme Court ruling earlier this year.
With two minutes allotted for each speaker, the rest of public testimony could take as much as 139 hours — nearly six days if the hearing was to run continuously. Not all testifiers have been present when their number was called, but many waited in the Hawaii Capitol for several hours for their turn to speak.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Hawaii Senate passes bill to legalize gay marriage" by Treena Shapiro, Reuters 10/31/13
The 20-4 vote in favor of the bill, with three Democrats joining the state Senate's lone Republican to oppose the measure, came two days after the start of a special session called by Democratic Governor Neil Abercrombie to take up the legislation. One senator was absent for the vote.
If the bill is approved, as expected, by the state House of Representatives - where Democrats outnumber Republicans 44-7 - Hawaii would become the 15th vote to make it legal for gay and lesbian couples to wed.
Abercrombie, who served more than two decades in the U.S. House of Representatives before running for governor in 2010, signed a same-sex civil unions bill into law two years ago and has since been a vocal proponent of gay marriage.
His predecessor, Republican Linda Lingle, vetoed a civil unions bill in 2010.
In 1993, the Hawaii Supreme Court ruled it was discriminatory to deny marriage rights to same-sex couples.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Opponents of Same Sex Marriage Overwhelm the Capitol, but Bill Easily Passes Senate Judiciary Committee" posted at Hawaii Reporter 10/29/13
As many as 12,000 people on three islands turned out Monday, October 28, at a 5-hour rally to protest Senate Bill 1, a bill that would legalize same sex marriage in Hawaii.
Coordinated by Christian churches and family advocacy groups, the rallies were timed with the opening day of the special legislative session called by Gov. Neil Abercrombie to pass a same sex marriage bill before the end of the year.
The massive crowd chanted and waved signs that said “Let the people decide,” demanding legislators allow a public vote on the issue, and a number of religious and political leaders spoke at the event held in the capitol rotunda.
People stood on line for hours to testify before the Senate Judiciary and Labor Committee on the gay marriage bill. More than 400 people testified in person after 3,459 people sent testimony in advance and hundreds more submitted testimony after the deadline or in person.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Experts say Hawaii’s gay marriage bill worst at protecting religious freedom" by Malia Zimmermann, Hawaii Reporter 10/30/13
While SB1 protects religious clergy from liability for refusing to solemnize a same sex marriage, the legislation offers no exemption to non-clergy members, such as judges, [Civil rights attorney Jim] Hochberg said.
SB1 also fails to protect religious organizations from liability if they decline requests to use their properties for same sex celebrations, Hochberg said, because to qualify for the protection, a church must “not make its facilities or grounds available to the general public for solemnization of any marriage celebration for a profit.”
Five noted law professors told Hawaii lawmakers this week they agree SB 1 will infringe on religious liberties, and the bill should be amended.
While the professors expressed support for same-sex marriage, they warned careless or overly aggressive drafting could create a whole new set of problems for the religious liberty of those believers who cannot conscientiously participate in implementing the new regime.
“The gain for human liberty will be severely compromised if same-sex couples now force religious dissenters to violate their conscience in the same way that those dissenters, when they had the power to do so, used to force same-sex couples to hide their sexuality,” the law professors wrote.
“A bill that addresses only solemnization would do less to protect religious liberty than any other state that has enacted same-sex marriage by legislation,” the professors wrote.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
Also read Hawaii Ends Prayer in Senate - Bows to ACLU
Fn addition, read Homosexualists Say Gay Agenda will be Complete when Christians are Muzzled as well as Senator Ted Cruz Says the Gay Agenda Ends Christian Liberty
Thursday, August 09, 2012
Hawaii Civil Unions NOT Marriage, Fed. Judge Rules
U.S. District Court Judge Alan C. Kay ruled that Hawaii's one-man-one-woman marriage law does not violate the U.S. Constitution; the case involved two women demanding marriage rather than binding their lesbian relationship by Hawaii's civil unions law.
-- From "Federal judge rules against Hawaii gay marriage" by Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, Associated Press 8/8/12
The lawsuit by Natasha Jackson and Janin Kleid argues they need to be married in order to get certain federal benefits. Co-plaintiff Gary Bradley wants to marry his foreign national partner to help him change his immigration status. Their attorney, John D'Amato, said they will appeal.
The case put Gov. Neil Abercrombie in the unusual position of both being a defendant in the lawsuit while supporting the plaintiffs' claims, saying a same-sex marriage ban is unconstitutional.
Wednesday's ruling also denied Hawaii Family Forum's motion to dismiss Abercrombie as defendant. The group argued Abercrombie has no place on either side of the lawsuit, partly because he is not the state official in charge of issuing marriage licenses. Abercrombie signed Hawaii's civil union legislation into law last year, allowing same-sex and opposite-sex couples to enter into a civil union with the same state rights and responsibilities as traditional marriage.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Federal judge upholds Hawaii ban on same-sex marriage" by Ken Kobayashi, Honolulu Star-Advertiser 8/8/12
Kay ruled in favor of state Health Director Loretta Fuddy and the Hawaii Family Forum, and against the three plaintiffs and Gov. Neil Abercrombie, who contended the law violated the Constitution.
John D’Amato, lawyer for the plaintiffs, said he will appeal to the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.
Kay earlier allowed the Hawaii Family Forum, a Christian organization, to intervene in the case and defend the laws.
He heard more than two hours of arguments in the case on July 24.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Federal judge upholds constitutionality of Hawaii’s marriage law" by Catholic World News 8/9/12
A senior district court judge has upheld the constitutionality of a Hawaiian law that defines marriage as the union of a man and a woman.
“It is not beyond rational speculation to conclude that fundamentally altering the definition of marriage to include same-sex unions might result in undermining the societal understanding of the link between marriage, procreation, and family structure,” Judge Alan Cooke Kay, a Reagan appointee, wrote. “Because Hawaii’s marriage laws are rationally related to legitimate government interests they do not violate the federal Constitution.”
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
The entire ruling:
“If the traditional institution of marriage is to be restructured, as sought by plaintiffs, it should be done by a democratically-elected legislature or the people through a constitutional amendment, not through judicial legislation that would inappropriately preempt democratic deliberation regarding whether or not to authorize same-sex marriage.”For background, read Same-sex Civil Unions Become Law in Hawaii and also read Lesbian to Judge Constitutionality of Illinois Marriage Law
-- Judge Alan C. Kay
-- From "Federal judge rules against Hawaii gay marriage" by Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, Associated Press 8/8/12
The lawsuit by Natasha Jackson and Janin Kleid argues they need to be married in order to get certain federal benefits. Co-plaintiff Gary Bradley wants to marry his foreign national partner to help him change his immigration status. Their attorney, John D'Amato, said they will appeal.
The case put Gov. Neil Abercrombie in the unusual position of both being a defendant in the lawsuit while supporting the plaintiffs' claims, saying a same-sex marriage ban is unconstitutional.
Wednesday's ruling also denied Hawaii Family Forum's motion to dismiss Abercrombie as defendant. The group argued Abercrombie has no place on either side of the lawsuit, partly because he is not the state official in charge of issuing marriage licenses. Abercrombie signed Hawaii's civil union legislation into law last year, allowing same-sex and opposite-sex couples to enter into a civil union with the same state rights and responsibilities as traditional marriage.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Federal judge upholds Hawaii ban on same-sex marriage" by Ken Kobayashi, Honolulu Star-Advertiser 8/8/12
Kay ruled in favor of state Health Director Loretta Fuddy and the Hawaii Family Forum, and against the three plaintiffs and Gov. Neil Abercrombie, who contended the law violated the Constitution.
John D’Amato, lawyer for the plaintiffs, said he will appeal to the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.
Kay earlier allowed the Hawaii Family Forum, a Christian organization, to intervene in the case and defend the laws.
He heard more than two hours of arguments in the case on July 24.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Federal judge upholds constitutionality of Hawaii’s marriage law" by Catholic World News 8/9/12
A senior district court judge has upheld the constitutionality of a Hawaiian law that defines marriage as the union of a man and a woman.
“It is not beyond rational speculation to conclude that fundamentally altering the definition of marriage to include same-sex unions might result in undermining the societal understanding of the link between marriage, procreation, and family structure,” Judge Alan Cooke Kay, a Reagan appointee, wrote. “Because Hawaii’s marriage laws are rationally related to legitimate government interests they do not violate the federal Constitution.”
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
The entire ruling:
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Lesbians Find Christians to Sue in Hawaii
In an apparent "search and destroy" mission of the Gay Agenda, two California lesbians flaunted their homosexuality to a Christian who rents her spare room as a bed and breakfast, and when the homeowner indicated that she does not rent to unmarried couples, the lesbians shouted their lawsuit to the welcoming media.
-- From "Los Angeles-area lesbian couple’s lawsuit claims discrimination by Hawaii bed and breakfast" by Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, Associated Press 12/19/11
Aloha Bed & Breakfast discriminated against Diane Cervelli and Taeko Bufford, a couple living in Long Beach, Calif., claims the lawsuit filed on behalf of the women by Lambda Legal in First Circuit Court in Honolulu.
Refusing to let the couple book a room was solely based on their sexual orientation because the owner indicated that if they were married, she would not have allowed them to stay there, said their attorney, Peter Renn of Lambda Legal’s Los Angeles office. She also would have a problem if they were an unmarried heterosexual couple, he said.
The lawsuit claims the business violated Hawaii’s public accommodation law prohibiting any inn or other establishment that provides lodging from discriminating based on sexual orientation, race, sex, gender identity or expression, religion, ancestry or disability. Lambda Legal said there are 21 states that have public accommodation laws that protect against sexual orientation discrimination.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Alliance Defense Fund to defend bed and breakfast owner accused of discrimination" by Minna Sugimoto, Hawaii News Now 12/20/11
A non-profit that describes itself as the world's largest religious civil liberties legal organization is getting involved in a discrimination lawsuit filed on Oahu Monday by a lesbian couple.
The Alliance Defense Fund has now stepped in to help defend Phyllis Young, the owner of Aloha Bed and Breakfast. The group says Young has the right to her sincerely-held religious beliefs and the right to express them.
"This lawsuit threatens those fundamental freedoms," Dale Schowengerdt, ADF legal counsel, said. "At the end of the day, no business owner should be forced to violate his or her religious beliefs because someone is offended by those beliefs."
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
-- From "Los Angeles-area lesbian couple’s lawsuit claims discrimination by Hawaii bed and breakfast" by Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, Associated Press 12/19/11
Aloha Bed & Breakfast discriminated against Diane Cervelli and Taeko Bufford, a couple living in Long Beach, Calif., claims the lawsuit filed on behalf of the women by Lambda Legal in First Circuit Court in Honolulu.
Refusing to let the couple book a room was solely based on their sexual orientation because the owner indicated that if they were married, she would not have allowed them to stay there, said their attorney, Peter Renn of Lambda Legal’s Los Angeles office. She also would have a problem if they were an unmarried heterosexual couple, he said.
The lawsuit claims the business violated Hawaii’s public accommodation law prohibiting any inn or other establishment that provides lodging from discriminating based on sexual orientation, race, sex, gender identity or expression, religion, ancestry or disability. Lambda Legal said there are 21 states that have public accommodation laws that protect against sexual orientation discrimination.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Alliance Defense Fund to defend bed and breakfast owner accused of discrimination" by Minna Sugimoto, Hawaii News Now 12/20/11
A non-profit that describes itself as the world's largest religious civil liberties legal organization is getting involved in a discrimination lawsuit filed on Oahu Monday by a lesbian couple.
The Alliance Defense Fund has now stepped in to help defend Phyllis Young, the owner of Aloha Bed and Breakfast. The group says Young has the right to her sincerely-held religious beliefs and the right to express them.
"This lawsuit threatens those fundamental freedoms," Dale Schowengerdt, ADF legal counsel, said. "At the end of the day, no business owner should be forced to violate his or her religious beliefs because someone is offended by those beliefs."
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Same-sex Civil Unions Law in Hawaii
Hawaii state legislators on Wednesday approved civil unions for gay couples, and Gov. Neil Abercrombie said he would sign it into law.
-- From "Hawaii lawmakers approve civil unions for gay couples" by Suzanne Roig, Reuters 2/16/11
The Hawaii Senate approved the proposed law by a vote of 18-5, sending it to Abercrombie for his signature. It had earlier been approved by the House.
Throughout his campaign last fall, Abercrombie said he supported laws giving same-sex couples in civil unions the same rights, benefits, protections and responsibilities of spouses in a marriage.
The law Abercrombie will sign is essentially the same as the measure that then-Governor Linda Lingle, a Republican, vetoed in July when she cited a "flawed" legal process as her reason for not giving her approval.
It would make the Aloha State the seventh state to grant essentially the same rights of marriage to same-sex couples through civil unions or similar laws.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Hawaii Legislature approves same-sex civil unions" by The Associated Press 2/16/11
The anxiously awaited civil unions vote came immediately after the Senate confirmed the state's first openly gay Supreme Court justice, Sabrina McKenna.
Hawaii has been a battleground in the gay rights movement for nearly 20 years, dating to a 1993 state Supreme Court decision that nearly legalized gay marriage. The ruling would have made Hawaii the first state to allow same-sex couples to wed, but it didn't take effect while voters were given a chance to decide.
They responded five years later by overwhelmingly passing the nation's first "defense of marriage" constitutional amendment, approved by 69 percent of voters who gave the Legislature the power to reserve marriage to opposite-sex couples.
The amendment resulted in a law banning gay marriage in Hawaii but left the door open for civil unions.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "'Historic' bill OK'd by Senate" by B.J. Reyes, Honolulu Star-Advertiser 2/17/11
The president of Dignity USA-Honolulu, who founded what he called the first "gay church" when he moved to Hawaii 41 years ago, was moved to tears at what he witnessed.
The governor's office said details on the bill's signing were forthcoming.
Senate Bill 232 allows all couples -- same-sex and heterosexual -- to enter into a civil union, a legal status with all the rights, benefits, protections and responsibilities as traditional marriage.
Former City Councilman Gary Okino, a civil-unions opponent who lost his bid for state House last year . . . had testified against the bill, citing concerns of families worried that same-sex lifestyles would be taught to public-school students with no option for parents to remove their child.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
Click headlines below to read previous articles:
Homosexual Indoctrination Mandated for Schools
Another Homosexual Training Law for California Schools
American Voters Getting Message - Gay Agenda Targets Children
-- From "Hawaii lawmakers approve civil unions for gay couples" by Suzanne Roig, Reuters 2/16/11
The Hawaii Senate approved the proposed law by a vote of 18-5, sending it to Abercrombie for his signature. It had earlier been approved by the House.
Throughout his campaign last fall, Abercrombie said he supported laws giving same-sex couples in civil unions the same rights, benefits, protections and responsibilities of spouses in a marriage.
The law Abercrombie will sign is essentially the same as the measure that then-Governor Linda Lingle, a Republican, vetoed in July when she cited a "flawed" legal process as her reason for not giving her approval.
It would make the Aloha State the seventh state to grant essentially the same rights of marriage to same-sex couples through civil unions or similar laws.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Hawaii Legislature approves same-sex civil unions" by The Associated Press 2/16/11
The anxiously awaited civil unions vote came immediately after the Senate confirmed the state's first openly gay Supreme Court justice, Sabrina McKenna.
Hawaii has been a battleground in the gay rights movement for nearly 20 years, dating to a 1993 state Supreme Court decision that nearly legalized gay marriage. The ruling would have made Hawaii the first state to allow same-sex couples to wed, but it didn't take effect while voters were given a chance to decide.
They responded five years later by overwhelmingly passing the nation's first "defense of marriage" constitutional amendment, approved by 69 percent of voters who gave the Legislature the power to reserve marriage to opposite-sex couples.
The amendment resulted in a law banning gay marriage in Hawaii but left the door open for civil unions.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "'Historic' bill OK'd by Senate" by B.J. Reyes, Honolulu Star-Advertiser 2/17/11
The president of Dignity USA-Honolulu, who founded what he called the first "gay church" when he moved to Hawaii 41 years ago, was moved to tears at what he witnessed.
The governor's office said details on the bill's signing were forthcoming.
Senate Bill 232 allows all couples -- same-sex and heterosexual -- to enter into a civil union, a legal status with all the rights, benefits, protections and responsibilities as traditional marriage.
Former City Councilman Gary Okino, a civil-unions opponent who lost his bid for state House last year . . . had testified against the bill, citing concerns of families worried that same-sex lifestyles would be taught to public-school students with no option for parents to remove their child.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
Click headlines below to read previous articles:
Homosexual Indoctrination Mandated for Schools
Another Homosexual Training Law for California Schools
American Voters Getting Message - Gay Agenda Targets Children
Monday, January 24, 2011
Hawaii Ends Prayer in Senate - Bows to ACLU
Despite the U.S. Supreme Court decision allowing such prayer, the Democrat-controlled state Senate voted to stop prayers that have always opened each session -- the first state legislature in the nation to do so.
UPDATE 2/9/11: Hawaii House votes to keep prayer in Capitol
UPDATE 1/27/11: Hawaii senators hold prayer despite vote to end it
-- From "Hawaii State Senate bans daily prayer" posted at Ballot News 1/23/11
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) fired off a letter to the State Senate this past summer after a citizen, “who objected to prayers that reference Jesus Christ,” lodged a complaint against the state governmental body.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Hawaii Senate ends daily chamber prayers" by The Associated Press 1/22/11
[The ACLU complaint] prompted the state attorney general's office to advise the Senate that their handling of prayers — by inviting speakers from various religions to preach before every session — wouldn't survive a likely court challenge, said Democratic Majority Leader Brickwood Galuteria.
"They (the ACLU) continue to threaten governments with lawsuits to try to force them into capitulating to their view of society," said Brett Harvey, an attorney for the Alliance Defense Fund, made up of Christian lawyers to defend free faith speech. "Governments should take a stand for this cherished historical practice."
"They're a legal body, they make the laws, and they ought to follow them," said Mitch Kahle, founder of Hawaii Citizens for the Separation of State and Church, who would have been a plaintiff in a potential ACLU lawsuit.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
UPDATE 2/9/11: Hawaii House votes to keep prayer in Capitol
UPDATE 1/27/11: Hawaii senators hold prayer despite vote to end it
-- From "Hawaii State Senate bans daily prayer" posted at Ballot News 1/23/11
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) fired off a letter to the State Senate this past summer after a citizen, “who objected to prayers that reference Jesus Christ,” lodged a complaint against the state governmental body.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Hawaii Senate ends daily chamber prayers" by The Associated Press 1/22/11
[The ACLU complaint] prompted the state attorney general's office to advise the Senate that their handling of prayers — by inviting speakers from various religions to preach before every session — wouldn't survive a likely court challenge, said Democratic Majority Leader Brickwood Galuteria.
"They (the ACLU) continue to threaten governments with lawsuits to try to force them into capitulating to their view of society," said Brett Harvey, an attorney for the Alliance Defense Fund, made up of Christian lawyers to defend free faith speech. "Governments should take a stand for this cherished historical practice."
"They're a legal body, they make the laws, and they ought to follow them," said Mitch Kahle, founder of Hawaii Citizens for the Separation of State and Church, who would have been a plaintiff in a potential ACLU lawsuit.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
Friday, November 05, 2010
Same-sex 'Marriage' Loser in 2010 Elections
The issue of "gay marriage" technically was not on any ballot Nov. 2 but it nevertheless was a big loser again on the state level, as Iowa voters ousted three state Supreme Court justices in an unprecedented vote, and several key state legislatures and governor's offices flipped from liberal to conservative.
The result is that on the national level, the legalization of "gay marriage" could be slowed, halted or -- in the cases of Iowa and New Hampshire -- altogether reversed.
-- From "Same-Sex Marriage Supporters See Election as Major Setback" by David Crary, Associated Press 11/4/10
On both sides of the marriage debate, the Iowa vote was seen as a signal that judges in other states could face similar punitive challenges.
The congressional results further clouded the prospects for repealing the "don't ask, don't tell" policy so that gays could serve openly in the military. Democratic leaders, including President Barack Obama, hope for a repeal vote in the Senate during the upcoming lame-duck session, but the post-election climate may strengthen the hand of conservatives wary of repeal.
And leading gay activists acknowledged that the Republican takeover in the House of Representatives likely doomed short-term hopes for major gay-rights legislation addressing workplace discrimination [ENDA] and federal recognition of same-sex couples.
Among the Democratic losers on Tuesday were several staunch gay-rights supporters, including Sen. Russ Feingold of Wisconsin and Rep. Patrick Murphy of Pennsylvania, an Iraq war veteran who volunteered to be the House leader of the effort to repeal "don't ask, don't tell."
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "'Gay marriage' loses big on election night" by Michael Foust, Assistant Editor of Baptist Press 11/3/10
. . . the Iowa legislature saw Republicans retake the state House and, at a minimum, significantly narrow their margins in the Senate. The legislature is key to the "gay marriage" issue because Democratic leaders have blocked all efforts to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot that would reverse the "gay marriage" ruling. An amendment likely now will clear the House, while its prospects in the Senate remain unclear but are probably improving. . . .
. . . In Maine, Republican Paul LePage, who opposes "gay marriage," won an open seat to succeed outgoing Democratic Gov. John Baldacci, who signed a "gay marriage" law in 2009, only to see voters reverse it. Additionally, Republicans took the Maine House and Senate from the Democrats for the first time since the early 1970s. Homosexual activists had hoped to push a "gay marriage" law there again in the near future.
. . . In Minnesota, Republicans shocked political pundits in the state by taking both the House and Senate for the first time in 38 years, likely thwarting hopes by homosexual groups to pass a "gay marriage" law and perhaps setting the stage for a marriage amendment to be placed on the ballot. In the governor's race, "gay marriage" supporter and Democrat Mark Dayton was clinging to a small lead over "gay marriage" opponent and Republican Tom Emmer.
. . . In Indiana, Republicans retook the House, an action that could put a constitutional marriage amendment -- which appeared to be sailing along several years ago until it was blocked by the now-outgoing Democratic House speaker -- back on track. The GOP also strengthened its majority in the Senate.
For the litany of pro-family gains in many states, CLICK HERE to read entire article above.
The result is that on the national level, the legalization of "gay marriage" could be slowed, halted or -- in the cases of Iowa and New Hampshire -- altogether reversed.
-- From "Same-Sex Marriage Supporters See Election as Major Setback" by David Crary, Associated Press 11/4/10
On both sides of the marriage debate, the Iowa vote was seen as a signal that judges in other states could face similar punitive challenges.
The congressional results further clouded the prospects for repealing the "don't ask, don't tell" policy so that gays could serve openly in the military. Democratic leaders, including President Barack Obama, hope for a repeal vote in the Senate during the upcoming lame-duck session, but the post-election climate may strengthen the hand of conservatives wary of repeal.
And leading gay activists acknowledged that the Republican takeover in the House of Representatives likely doomed short-term hopes for major gay-rights legislation addressing workplace discrimination [ENDA] and federal recognition of same-sex couples.
Among the Democratic losers on Tuesday were several staunch gay-rights supporters, including Sen. Russ Feingold of Wisconsin and Rep. Patrick Murphy of Pennsylvania, an Iraq war veteran who volunteered to be the House leader of the effort to repeal "don't ask, don't tell."
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "'Gay marriage' loses big on election night" by Michael Foust, Assistant Editor of Baptist Press 11/3/10
. . . the Iowa legislature saw Republicans retake the state House and, at a minimum, significantly narrow their margins in the Senate. The legislature is key to the "gay marriage" issue because Democratic leaders have blocked all efforts to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot that would reverse the "gay marriage" ruling. An amendment likely now will clear the House, while its prospects in the Senate remain unclear but are probably improving. . . .
. . . In Maine, Republican Paul LePage, who opposes "gay marriage," won an open seat to succeed outgoing Democratic Gov. John Baldacci, who signed a "gay marriage" law in 2009, only to see voters reverse it. Additionally, Republicans took the Maine House and Senate from the Democrats for the first time since the early 1970s. Homosexual activists had hoped to push a "gay marriage" law there again in the near future.
. . . In Minnesota, Republicans shocked political pundits in the state by taking both the House and Senate for the first time in 38 years, likely thwarting hopes by homosexual groups to pass a "gay marriage" law and perhaps setting the stage for a marriage amendment to be placed on the ballot. In the governor's race, "gay marriage" supporter and Democrat Mark Dayton was clinging to a small lead over "gay marriage" opponent and Republican Tom Emmer.
. . . In Indiana, Republicans retook the House, an action that could put a constitutional marriage amendment -- which appeared to be sailing along several years ago until it was blocked by the now-outgoing Democratic House speaker -- back on track. The GOP also strengthened its majority in the Senate.
For the litany of pro-family gains in many states, CLICK HERE to read entire article above.
Wednesday, July 07, 2010
Hawaii Governor Vetoes Civil-Unions Bill
After weeks of lobbying and political maneuvering, the governor of the Aloha State vetoed a controversial measure Tuesday that would allow same-sex and unwed heterosexual couples the same protections under the law that married couples have.
-- From "Hawaii Governor Vetoes Civil-Unions Bill" by Suzanne Roig, Time Magazine 7/7/10
. . . Hawaii Governor Linda Lingle delivered the news everyone had been waiting for when she announced she had vetoed the bill, citing a "flawed" legal process by which the measure was approved by state lawmakers 31 to 20 on the last day of the legislative session in April. Lingle, a 57-year-old Republican and Hawaii's first woman governor, said she felt lawmakers had denied the public the right to weigh in on the issue with their 11th-hour voting, and she recommended that the bill go to a national vote. Due to leave office in December after serving her two terms, Lingle had until Tuesday to sign the contentious measure into law, veto it or let it be approved without her signature.
"After months of listening to Hawaii's citizens express to me in writing and in person their deeply held beliefs and heartfelt reasons for supporting or opposing the civil-unions bill, I have made the decision to veto the bill," Lingle said in a press conference at the Capitol building that was streamed live online. "I have been open and consistent to my opposition to same-gender marriage and find that the bill is essentially marriage by another name. My personal opinion is not the basis for my decision ... Neither is my veto based on my religious beliefs ... I am vetoing this bill because I have become convinced that this issue is of such of societal importance that it deserves to be decided by all the people in Hawaii."
The bill would have given the same rights, benefits, protections and responsibilities of spouses in a marriage to partners in a civil union. All couples would have been allowed to enter into a civil union — a legal contract — provided they were 18 or older, not related and not already married.
To read the entire article, CLICK HERE.
-- From "Hawaii Governor Vetoes Civil-Unions Bill" by Suzanne Roig, Time Magazine 7/7/10
. . . Hawaii Governor Linda Lingle delivered the news everyone had been waiting for when she announced she had vetoed the bill, citing a "flawed" legal process by which the measure was approved by state lawmakers 31 to 20 on the last day of the legislative session in April. Lingle, a 57-year-old Republican and Hawaii's first woman governor, said she felt lawmakers had denied the public the right to weigh in on the issue with their 11th-hour voting, and she recommended that the bill go to a national vote. Due to leave office in December after serving her two terms, Lingle had until Tuesday to sign the contentious measure into law, veto it or let it be approved without her signature.
"After months of listening to Hawaii's citizens express to me in writing and in person their deeply held beliefs and heartfelt reasons for supporting or opposing the civil-unions bill, I have made the decision to veto the bill," Lingle said in a press conference at the Capitol building that was streamed live online. "I have been open and consistent to my opposition to same-gender marriage and find that the bill is essentially marriage by another name. My personal opinion is not the basis for my decision ... Neither is my veto based on my religious beliefs ... I am vetoing this bill because I have become convinced that this issue is of such of societal importance that it deserves to be decided by all the people in Hawaii."
The bill would have given the same rights, benefits, protections and responsibilities of spouses in a marriage to partners in a civil union. All couples would have been allowed to enter into a civil union — a legal contract — provided they were 18 or older, not related and not already married.
To read the entire article, CLICK HERE.
Friday, April 30, 2010
Hawaii Passed Homosexual Civil Unions Bill
The Hawaii House passed the legislation by a 31-20 margin, following the Senate's passage in January.
-- From "Hawaii Lawmakers OK Civil Unions, Send Bill to Governor" by Mark Niesse, Associated Press 4/30/10
Republican Gov. Linda Lingle hasn't said whether she'll reject it or sign it into law, but her office said later that she will carefully review the bill.
The measure would grant gay and lesbian couples the same rights and benefits that the state provides to married couples. If approved, Hawaii will become one of six states -- along with California, Nevada, New Jersey, Oregon and Washington -- to grant essentially all the rights of marriage to same-sex couples without authorizing marriage itself.
Five other states and the District of Columbia permit same-sex marriage: Iowa, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Connecticut.
The issue has proved divisive in Hawaii with religious groups arguing that civil unions are a step toward legalizing same-sex marriage. During one of the biggest ever state rallies, several thousand people protesting the measure rode buses to the Hawaii Capitol last year following Sunday church services.
Hawaii's civil union legislation appeared to be dead in January, when the House didn't take a vote on the measure and postponed it indefinitely out of fears that Lingle would veto.
The issue was revived Thursday after every other bill introduced this year had been acted on. Democratic House Majority Leader Blake Oshiro made the motion to reconsider the bill, although the House fell three votes short of the two-thirds majority needed to override the governor.
To read the entire article, CLICK HERE.
-- From "Hawaii Lawmakers OK Civil Unions, Send Bill to Governor" by Mark Niesse, Associated Press 4/30/10
Republican Gov. Linda Lingle hasn't said whether she'll reject it or sign it into law, but her office said later that she will carefully review the bill.
The measure would grant gay and lesbian couples the same rights and benefits that the state provides to married couples. If approved, Hawaii will become one of six states -- along with California, Nevada, New Jersey, Oregon and Washington -- to grant essentially all the rights of marriage to same-sex couples without authorizing marriage itself.
Five other states and the District of Columbia permit same-sex marriage: Iowa, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Connecticut.
The issue has proved divisive in Hawaii with religious groups arguing that civil unions are a step toward legalizing same-sex marriage. During one of the biggest ever state rallies, several thousand people protesting the measure rode buses to the Hawaii Capitol last year following Sunday church services.
Hawaii's civil union legislation appeared to be dead in January, when the House didn't take a vote on the measure and postponed it indefinitely out of fears that Lingle would veto.
The issue was revived Thursday after every other bill introduced this year had been acted on. Democratic House Majority Leader Blake Oshiro made the motion to reconsider the bill, although the House fell three votes short of the two-thirds majority needed to override the governor.
To read the entire article, CLICK HERE.
Monday, January 18, 2010
Next Same-sex Battleground is Hawaii
Thousands of people filled the state Capitol yesterday with prayer and song, a celebration of traditional values laced with an explicit warning to state lawmakers to preserve marriage as between a man and a woman.
-- From "Civil unions may get quick vote at Hawaii Capitol" by Herbert A. Sample, Associated Press 1/16/10
When Hawaii legislators reconvene on Wednesday, all eyes will be focused not on teacher furloughs that resulted in the nation's shortest school year or the state's $1 billion budget deficit, but legislation that would allow same-sex couples to form civil unions [HB 444].
Last year, the proposal easily won preliminary passage in the Legislature, but stalled in May after opponents lobbied and held a state Capitol rally attended by several thousand protesters.
No independent polls or surveys have been conducted on the issue, so it's difficult to measure public sentiment. The last time voters directly weighed in on a related issue was in 1998 when 70 percent approved a constitutional amendment allowing the Legislature to reserve marriage for opposite sex couples.
In Hawaii, the measure would expand the state's existing reciprocal beneficiaries law by granting to unmarried same- and opposite-gender couples all of the rights and benefits the state provides to married couples. It is similar to broad civil union or domestic partnership laws in California, the District of Columbia, Nevada, Oregon, Washington and New Jersey.
Supporters voice guarded confidence that the bill, pending in the Senate since May, still enjoys majority support in both chambers.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Thousands rally in Hawaii against same-sex civil unions bill" by Derrick DePledge, Honolulu Advertiser, Government Writer 1/18/10
The rally, sponsored by the Hawaii Family Forum, was intended to energize religious conservatives to vote and influence the September primary and November general election. But it was also a demonstration of the potential backlash lawmakers face if they move forward with civil unions.
Many at the rally yesterday made no distinction between civil unions and marriage, even though the bill does not redefine marriage, which under state law is between a man and a woman.
Father Marc Alexander, of the Diocese of Honolulu, said the rally showed that people of different faiths and racial and ethnic backgrounds are united.
At St. Clement's Episcopal Church, meanwhile, more than 100 people representing 13 different religious groups came together in support of equal rights for people who are gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
-- From "Civil unions may get quick vote at Hawaii Capitol" by Herbert A. Sample, Associated Press 1/16/10
When Hawaii legislators reconvene on Wednesday, all eyes will be focused not on teacher furloughs that resulted in the nation's shortest school year or the state's $1 billion budget deficit, but legislation that would allow same-sex couples to form civil unions [HB 444].
Last year, the proposal easily won preliminary passage in the Legislature, but stalled in May after opponents lobbied and held a state Capitol rally attended by several thousand protesters.
No independent polls or surveys have been conducted on the issue, so it's difficult to measure public sentiment. The last time voters directly weighed in on a related issue was in 1998 when 70 percent approved a constitutional amendment allowing the Legislature to reserve marriage for opposite sex couples.
In Hawaii, the measure would expand the state's existing reciprocal beneficiaries law by granting to unmarried same- and opposite-gender couples all of the rights and benefits the state provides to married couples. It is similar to broad civil union or domestic partnership laws in California, the District of Columbia, Nevada, Oregon, Washington and New Jersey.
Supporters voice guarded confidence that the bill, pending in the Senate since May, still enjoys majority support in both chambers.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Thousands rally in Hawaii against same-sex civil unions bill" by Derrick DePledge, Honolulu Advertiser, Government Writer 1/18/10
The rally, sponsored by the Hawaii Family Forum, was intended to energize religious conservatives to vote and influence the September primary and November general election. But it was also a demonstration of the potential backlash lawmakers face if they move forward with civil unions.
Many at the rally yesterday made no distinction between civil unions and marriage, even though the bill does not redefine marriage, which under state law is between a man and a woman.
Father Marc Alexander, of the Diocese of Honolulu, said the rally showed that people of different faiths and racial and ethnic backgrounds are united.
At St. Clement's Episcopal Church, meanwhile, more than 100 people representing 13 different religious groups came together in support of equal rights for people who are gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Hawaii Considers Same-sex Legislation
Hawaii, the state that adopted the nation's first "defense of marriage" constitutional amendment a decade ago, has now become the latest battleground in the fight for same-sex civil unions.
-- From "Hawaii is latest civil unions battleground" by Mark Niesse, Associated Press 2/22/09
It would become the fifth state to legalize the alternative to gay marriage if the Democrat-dominated Legislature and Republican governor approve a civil union law. The measure was passed by the state House this month but it now faces the Senate, where a divided committee is to vote Tuesday.
Republican Gov. Linda Lingle has declined to comment on the issue and it's unclear whether she would veto the bill.
. . . the House Judiciary Committee passed the measure by a 12-0 vote, and the full House approved it 33-17, one vote short of the two-thirds majority needed to override a potential veto.
In 1998, nearly 70 percent of Hawaii voters approved a constitutional amendment granting the state Legislature the power to reserve marriage for opposite-sex couples. The "defense of marriage" amendment, now in more than half of state constitutions, resulted in a law banning gay marriage in Hawaii but left the door open for civil unions.
Only Massachusetts and Connecticut allow gay marriage, while Vermont, Connecticut, New Jersey and New Hampshire allow civil unions. Californians voted in November to overturn a court ruling that allowed gay marriage, but the state still offers domestic partnerships that guarantee the same rights as marriage.
To read the entire article, CLICK HERE.
-- From "Hawaii is latest civil unions battleground" by Mark Niesse, Associated Press 2/22/09
It would become the fifth state to legalize the alternative to gay marriage if the Democrat-dominated Legislature and Republican governor approve a civil union law. The measure was passed by the state House this month but it now faces the Senate, where a divided committee is to vote Tuesday.
Republican Gov. Linda Lingle has declined to comment on the issue and it's unclear whether she would veto the bill.
. . . the House Judiciary Committee passed the measure by a 12-0 vote, and the full House approved it 33-17, one vote short of the two-thirds majority needed to override a potential veto.
In 1998, nearly 70 percent of Hawaii voters approved a constitutional amendment granting the state Legislature the power to reserve marriage for opposite-sex couples. The "defense of marriage" amendment, now in more than half of state constitutions, resulted in a law banning gay marriage in Hawaii but left the door open for civil unions.
Only Massachusetts and Connecticut allow gay marriage, while Vermont, Connecticut, New Jersey and New Hampshire allow civil unions. Californians voted in November to overturn a court ruling that allowed gay marriage, but the state still offers domestic partnerships that guarantee the same rights as marriage.
To read the entire article, CLICK HERE.
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