DOMA decision to impact Kaua‘i.. Front page of our Newspaper today!

[Cha]

Photographer Liz Belfor has shot many ceremonies for same-sex couples, like this one pictured above on Kaua‘i’s Eastside. Diana Gardner, former president of Kaua‘i Wedding Professionals Association, said the industry got a slight bump since last year’s legalization of civil unions in Hawai‘i. Last week, she launched a new business, Engayged Hawai‘i, catering exclusevily to same-sex couples.

LIHU‘E — With the Obama administration urging the Supreme Court to strike down California’s ban on gay marriage, the case could have sweeping implications for the right of same-sex couples to wed.

“It’s an important issue for all people,” said U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawai‘i, on a recent visit to Kaua‘i.

While California won’t have a direct impact for same-sex couples in Hawai‘i, it potentially opens the door to overturning the federal Defense of Marriage Act, or DOMA, which allows marriage to be governed by states.

The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the Proposition 8 case Mar. 26.

A day later, the justices will hear arguments on another gay marriage case, this one involving provisions of DOMA.

http://thegardenisland.com/news/local/b1e03be8-847c-11e2-b94e-0019bb2963f4.html

I like and appreciate their optimism!

BOG

[sheshe2]

1. Equality for all! Yes Cha.

President Obama raised expectations that he would back a broad brief during his Jan. 21 inaugural address, when he said the nation’s journey “is not complete until our gay brothers and sisters are treated like anyone else under the law.”

“For if we are truly created equal, than surely the love we commit to one another must be equal as well,” Obama said in remarks on the west front of the capital.

From the Link.

[Cha]

2. I love that statement.. thanks

for excerpting it she.

It's so exciting to finally see Equality making so much advancement in spite of all the Ignorance in our country.

[sheshe2]

3. ..............This is my # 3,000 post!

And Cha~ I just want to say Thank You!

[Cha]

4. Congratulations at the 3000 milestone

marker, she! May you have many more of your funny, inspiring, and encouraging posts to come!

You've been a little busy on DU since October 2012!

Thank you, She!

[sheshe2]

5. Thanks Cha....and no need to answer this post

you must be tired by now. I just saw that you locked another post at BOG.

Thanks for that.

[Politicub]

6. Promise kept!

[sheshe2]

7. Let's just chalk another one up for the winning team!

We rock, Politicub!

[Politicub]

8. Feels great, doesn't it?

[sheshe2]

9. Damn right it does!

[Cha]

10. And here's Hoping,

DOMA is struck down, Politicub!

[Cha]

11. Fingers Crossed for

Good Decisions!

[sheshe2]

12. Kicking again for today!

BOG to us all.

Lights out... going to bed at a decent hour for a change.

Nite, Cha.

[Kath1]

13. Civil marriage is a civil right! Thank you, Cha!

Glad to see so many Americans supporting equality. Once again, President Obama is on the right side of history.

Equality for all!