2011-02-17 News

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Civil Union Opposition Gets Something Right



photo: Sean Michael Hower.

February 16, 2011 | 02:53 PM

Civil union bill SB232 cleared another major hurdle last week, as the House passed it by a 31-19 vote. The bill already won initial approval in the Senate and Gov. Abercrombie says he'll sign it. Of course, that doesn't mean everyone's on board.

In testimony provided to the House Judiciary Committee, the Hawaii Family Forum (HFF)—a "pro-family" organization that represents "a network of various Christian churches"—warned the bill will open the door to full-blown gay marriage. "In the states which have adopted civil union laws, activist [sic] have always found them insufficient," HFF wrote. "Only the redefinition of marriage would be suffice [sic]."

And guess what? They're right. That is the ultimate goal of the gay rights movement—just like the civil rights movement and every other movement that had to march slowly and incrementally up the hill of entrenched intolerance—total equality. Imagine that.

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HFF spoke the truth
February 18, 2011 | 09:17 AM

Thank you HFF for speaking the truth at the legislature while the legislators themselves appear to either be in denial of the truth or simply unwilling to admit it publicly. All this civil rights rhetoric is a huge smoke screen. If civil rights are the issue, then the folks who have registered for as reciprocal beneficiary status should be demanding that they too be given all the same rights since they still cannot get married, and now cannot have the benefits the same sex couples have been given.

mijg
Awww
February 18, 2011 | 12:01 PM

Wow, straight people sure do get the short end of the stick all the time. It must be rough being straight, right MIJG?

Poor t'ing

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