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Civil Unions A Go In Hawaii!

Civil unions have been signed into law in the state of Hawaii as of this February 23rd, 2011! The law will go into effect Jan. 1st, 2012 and will give basically the same rights to same-sex couples as marriage itself without authorizing the actual marriage. This makes Hawaii the seventh state in the nation to [ READ MORE ]

Almost two more places approve gay marriage/rights.

I’ve been writing about the gay marriage debate and the slow, arduous march forward a lot lately. There’s good reason for that. Not only is it currently hotly debated, but on a far larger scale it is my generation’s civil liberties issue. It is my generation’s woman’s suffrage. It is my generation’s black rights. We [ READ MORE ]

Hawai’i state taking up hot button issue

In the Honolulu Advertiser for Jan. 29th, there was an article talking about the State House Democrats meeting in private caucus to decide whether to bring a civil unions bill to a vote or to indefinitely postpone action this session. The bill would give same-sex couples and heterosexual couples the ability to enter into civil [ READ MORE ]

Conservatism quashes “Creation”

Once again, we have the conservative philosophies of a state dictating what can and cannot be viewed by its public. Last Friday, the movie Creation came out. It’s the story of Charles Darwin. Do you think it’s showing anywhere in the state of Hawaii (a state where churches are almost as frequent Starbucks’)? Nooo! It [ READ MORE ]

The Thirty Meter Telescope!

  • July 21st, 2009
  • Posted in Hawai'i

This doesn’t totally go along with the themes of this blog, but I felt it certainly deserved a post anyways, especially considering I live on the big island of Hawai’i and majored in Astronomy at the University of Hawai’i. It’s official! The Thirty Meter Telescope is going to be built in Hawai’i atop Mauna Kea! [ READ MORE ]

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