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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHawaii Senate OK's Marriage Equality; On to House
The Senate voted 20-4 to approve the measure; the House, where the vote could be closer, will hold a committee hearing on the bill Thursday and may try to amend it.The Hawaii marriage equality bill is closer to becoming law: The state Senate approved it in a 20-4 vote today, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser reports.
The bill goes to a committee hearing in the state House tomorrow; that could take all day and go into Friday, the newspaper notes. The House, where the vote is likely to be closer, may try to put more religious exemptions into the measure. It currently exempts clergy members who oppose same-sex marriage from having to perform such unions, but it does not allow for-profit businesses to refuse, on religious grounds, to provide wedding-related services to gay couples. An amended bill would have to go back to the Senate for another vote.
Clayton Hee, chair of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary and Labor, called todays vote a defining moment in all of our careers and compared it to such landmarks as legalizing abortion and embracing interracial marriage. Senate Minority Leader Sam Slom, the only Republican in the chamber, downplayed it and said it was not historic. Hysteric it may be, said Slom, who wants the public to decide the issue through a constitutional amendment.
http://www.advocate.com/politics/marriage-equality/2013/10/30/breaking-hawaii-senate-oks-marriage-equality-house
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Hawaii Senate OK's Marriage Equality; On to House (Original Post)
William769
Oct 2013
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gopiscrap
(23,763 posts)1. Excellent
nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)2. I got the email earlier in the day
and I am happy, but won't post any news here no more.
That said, congrats. The campaign has been brutal against it.
Oh Mahalo to the State Senate
NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)4. Was there a lot of resistance in Hawaii?
Or do you just mean generally?
Also, I'd love for you to post in the new Progressive Media Group if you're so inclined.
nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)5. Oh yes, millions were poured
and no, DU is not a place mostly, for me. Serious. Today it just got really creepy. You want in, send me a PM.
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)3. So happy to hear this.
William769
(55,147 posts)6. Me too!
Talk about a wedding and a honeymoon.
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)7. Yes! Talk about location.
beaglelover
(3,488 posts)8. Awesome news!
Tx4obama
(36,974 posts)9. Bump :)