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Aloha! Family Equality Coalition is very excited to inform you that House Bill 444, "A Bill For An Act Relating To Civil Unions" passed out of the House Judiciary Committee with bipartisan support on 2/5/09 by a unanimous vote. 12 of the 16 House Judiciary Committee members were present for the vote and all 12 voted in support of our bill! Our success today was very much due to the hard work done by our members as well as our coalition partners. Mahalo to everyone on this joint communal effort! Next Steps HB 444 will likely go to a full floor vote in the Hawaii House of Representatives sometime next week. It is absolutely critical that each of you take some time to help us further advance this bill. This must be done immediately! We cannot assume that success is guaranteed simply by virtue of tonight's vote. If anything, this may energize our opposition. Please mail a thank you card to each of the House Judiciary Members that voted for our bill, listed below. This will be far more effective than phone calls or emails at this point. This type of personal touch will get noticed and read. In addition, we ask that you send a card or letter to your own Hawaii State Representative for your district. Please use the Find Elected Officials feature on our Web site at www.familyequalitycoalition.org. The address for all Hawaii State Representatives is 415 South Beretania Street, Honolulu, HI 96813. Just add their office number as listed below:
Please forward this email generously! Sincerely,
Alan Spector & Paul Gracie |
