Hawaii gov. buys more time on civil unions bill
By The Associated Press
06.22.2010 9:30am EDT
(Honolulu) Gov. Linda Lingle on Monday bought herself two more weeks to make a decision on legislation that would allow same-gender couples to form civil unions.
At a press conference at the state Capitol, Lingle announced the bill is one of 39 measures on a list of potential vetoes she was required to unveil by Monday.
She stressed that its appearance on the list doesn’t necessarily mean it will be vetoed – although she said historically, that’s what happens to most bills on the list.
The Republican governor said she is “still considering everyone’s point of view” on the civil unions issue, which she called the most difficult of the measures still before her.
“What makes it the most difficult is the intensity of the feeling on the part of the public. I don’t know of another bill that comes close to that,” she said.
“I can tell you that throughout this process, I’ve gone back and forth” on whether to sign the bill, she added.
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