Tag Archives: hawaii
Speed Read: Thursday 31 October 2013
ENDA now has a pretty solid 60 votes in the Senate to overcome any filibuster attempt to block a vote. Equality Florida lobbied aggressively for Senator Bill Nelson to co-sponsor and now all Democrats are ready to back the bill.
Speed Read: Wednesday 30 October 2013
Hawaii Senate votes today on marriage equality bill. Supporters in Illinois are down to their last three days to win final passage of marriage equality bill in their state house. Capital of Virginia tries to plan ahead for marriage equality
Speed Read: Tuesday 29 October 2013
More than 1,800 people turned out Monday to express their views on Hawaii's proposed marriage equality bill. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says he'll bring ENDA to the floor soon. Russian activist proposes rainbows as a corporate protest. And more...
Speed Read: Monday 28 October 2013
The Hawaii legislature's special session starts today with a hearing on a marriage equality bill which the senate is expected to pass Wednesday. GLAD legal director Gary Buseck warns against LGBT complacency. Author of landmark marriage decision lavishes praise on
Speed Read: Thursday 24 October 2013
Illinois marriage equality supporters appear to be many votes short of what they need to pass the House. A bishop in Springfield, Illinois, threatened to bar --as blasphemous-- anyone in church wearing a rainbow sash. New Mexico justice had tough
New Supreme Court session could include broad array of LGBT cases
The U.S. Supreme Court today (October 7) rejected reviews of two lower court decisions of some interest to LGBT legal activists. But some gay-related cases could be on the docket this session, and national legal experts predict a case testing
Illinois marriage bill takes the lead
The Illinois Senate on February 14 approved a marriage equality bill by a 34 to 21 vote. Meanwhile, hopes that a marriage equality bill would be moved through the Hawaii legislature were dashed this month when the House Judiciary Committee
Bills in Rhode Island and Illinois put states in race to become Number 10
The race to become the tenth state to provide marriage equality for same-sex couples is underway, with Rhode Island and Illinois running neck-and-neck. Marriage equality bills were launched in both states’ legislatures last week.
State marriage polls show language matters
New polls on marriage equality in seven states show mostly positive results for marriage equality advocates--but polls in two of the states indicate that the way the questions are asked can significantly affect the results.
Dramatic increases continue as Census data rolls out for California and four more states
The number of same-sex couples identifying themselves on the U.S. Census grew by 36 percent in California between 2000 and 2010, according to Census data analysis released Thursday by the Williams Institute. And, with the release of data available now
