We and our friends made this happen: marriage equality in Hawaii! Listen to to moving words of our staunch ally, the Governor of Hawaii

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The marriage equality movement started in Hawaii in 1993 and last night things came full circle, with this state becoming the 16th to support all marriages

I am thrilled that the Aloha state has extended its warm embrace to it LGBT citizens. What a capper to a thrilling week in which Illinois passed marriage equality and ENDA passed the U.S. Senate!

The victory in Hawaii is especially sweet since the marriage equality movement started there.  From Wikipedia:

Baehr v. Miike (originally Baehr v. Lewin) was a case decided by the Supreme Court of Hawaii, which found the state's refusal to grant same-sex couples marriage licenses discriminatory. In 1991, three same-sex couples sued Hawaii Director of Health John C. Lewin in his official capacity, seeking to force the state to issue them marriage licenses. After the case was dismissed by the trial court the couples appealed to the state supreme court. In the plurality opinion delivered by Judge Steven H. Levinson in 1993, the court ruled that while the right to privacy in the Hawaii state constitution does not include a fundamental right to same-sex marriage, denying marriage to same-sex couples constituted discrimination based on sex in violation of the right to equal protection guaranteed by the state's constitution.

Change is happening!

Hawaii Representative Kaniela Ing gives an inspiring speech, calling on conservative Christians, like himself, to open their hearts to the LGBT

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The Aloha state is poised to become the 16th state to offer marriage equality.

A world of possibility: the employment discrimination bill (ENDA) may pass the US Senate today and we are getting closer to marriage equality in Hawaii & Illinois

Good news in the U.S. Senate: we have the votes to stop a filibuster, thanks to Republican Senator Dean Haller from Nevada, who just became the 60th senator to sign on this legislation.  More here.

The democratic process towards equality continues in Hawaii.

Here is the latest good news from llinois.