07-06-2010, 09:50 AM
Wow, regardless of how she decides, Lingle sure is milking this for attention. I'm surprised the new conference isn't at 11:59 pm. It's civil unions, aka Separate but Unequal which has already been struck down as unconstitutional in some states. It was mildly progressive in 1999 in Vermont. In 2010 it's honestly just embarassing and a far cry from some huge civil rights leap for us LGBTs. I hope it passes, and it will establish some important rights for us that choose to exercise them, but 17 years after the State Supreme Court said it was unconstitutional to discriminate against us, it would be a sad victory to achieve, especially when it means absolutely nothing in federal terms.