Articles tagged with: Civil Unions
Hawaii Lawmakers Are Considering Some Familiar Legislation. Will Any Of It Pass?
Every legislative session is defined more by failure than triumph. Hundreds of bills are introduced each year, and most are snuffed out quietly in committee, killed once they reach the floor or impaled by the …
The Year in Review
Is life like football or is football like life? Let’s see: one involves unnecessary roughness, revolves around money and encourages gambling and excessive drinking—and the other is played on Sunday. Another similarity between life and …
Lingle’s Legacy, According to Lingle…
As she packed her pantsuits and exited the Governor’s mansion this week, former Gov. Lingle launched a new Web site (thelingleyears.wordpress.com). Sentimentally titled “Looking Back, And Forward,” the site purports to be a chronicle of …
Governor Lingle Sinks to a New Low With Civil Union Veto
It’ll provide cold comfort at best to the thousands of couples still mourning Gov. Linda Lingle’s eleventh-hour veto of civil union bill HB444, but it’s a fact nonetheless: eventually, gay people will be able to …
Governor Lingle Vetoes Civil Union Bill HB444
A few hours ago, Gov. Linda Lingle announced she will veto civil union bill HB444. We’ll explore her reasoning (or lack thereof) in much more depth soon, here, at mauitime.com and in our print edition. …
The False Victims of Civil Unions
Rights are not a zero-sum game; when one group gains, another doesn’t necessarily lose. This seemingly obvious truism has been largely ignored in the discussion of civil union bill HB444. Take, for example, a June 21 Honolulu Star-Advertiser …
Interview With Hawaii Gubernatorial Candidate Neil Abercrombie
“You locked us out!” says Neil Abercrombie, entering the MauiTime office in a buttoned-down Aloha shirt, hair slightly disheveled, a stack of papers under his arm and two campaign aides on his heels. And it’s …
