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:Eric Ethington (Author) | February 16, 2011
Honolulu, Hawaii – The State Senate just cast the final vote and civil unions have passed by a margin of 18-5! The bill now moves on to Governor Neil Abercrombie who has pledged on multiple occassions to sign it into law. The same bill passed last year, but it was vetoed by Governor Linda Lingle. [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | February 11, 2011
Hawaii – The House Legislature has just voted to pass the Civil Unions bill by a vote of 31-19! The House did make some changes to it however, which will need to be approved by the Senate before it goes to the Governor for signing. The House voted to pass the bill, but made the [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | November 30, 2010
Moments ago, the Illinois State House passed a law legalizing civil unions for same sex couples by a vote of 61-52. Congratulations and well done! The bill now moves on to the Senate. Openly gay Rep. Greg Harris (D-Chicago), who co-sponsored SB 1716, started his opening statement at 5:17 p.m on Tuesday. “Once in every [...]
"Eric, trying to have this (civil rights) conversation with you is ultimately like trying to teach a pig to dance, it just annoys the pig. So Eric, sorry to annoy you."
-Paul Mero, The Sutherland Institute.