Tag archive for Civil Unions
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Former Republican Hawaii Governor Linda Lingle Strikes Back In Bid For U.S. Senate Seat
By Jacob Shafer The moment was so perfect it was almost surreal. St. Paul, Minnesota, September 2008. The Republican National Convention. A giant American flag projected on the wall dissolves into a sea of red.
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2012 MauiTime Wedding Issue
We’re in June now, and that means people are getting married more than ever. Or, so the tradition goes. Anyway, here’s our annual wedding issue, packed with information and stories about all things Maui
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After Six Months of Legality, how are Civil Unions on Maui and in Hawaii Doing?
By Anthony Pignataro The promise made back on Feb. 23, 2011 was nothing less than the fulfillment of a fundamental civil right. “This signing today of this measure says to all of the world that
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Candidate Linda Lingle!
LINDA LINGLE U.S. Senate • Birthplace: St. Louis, Missouri • Pre-politics profession: Newspaper Publisher • Electoral Win/Loss Record: 9/1 • First electoral victory: Maui County Council, 1980 • Supports: Furloughing teachers, Kahului Airport expansion, more tourism, Honolulu rail • Opposes: Hawaii
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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