Comments on: Hawaiian Civil Unions A No Go http://www.queerty.com/hawaiian-civil-unions-a-no-go-20070228/ Free of an agenda. Except that gay one. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 04:52:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: David Dodson http://www.queerty.com/hawaiian-civil-unions-a-no-go-20070228/#comment-8678 David Dodson Thu, 01 Mar 2007 23:48:28 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/wp/morning-goods/hawaiian-civil-unions-a-no-go-20070228/#comment-8678 It is difficult to express my deep sadness that this state, priding itself in the tolerance that others lack, has again decided to side with intolerence. I remember the initial fight. I testified before the committee meetings. I remember the hope I had that the state congress would do the right thing and was sincerely interested in the hardships we in the gay community suffer when one of our partners died. I was delusional to think that justice and fairness would take precedent over the money of the Catholic and Mormon hierarchy. Now, so many years later, we are scorned again. Our pain is riduculed again. Our equality is denied again. Shame It is difficult to express my deep sadness that this state, priding itself in the tolerance that others lack, has again decided to side with intolerence. I remember the initial fight. I testified before the committee meetings. I remember the hope I had that the state congress would do the right thing and was sincerely interested in the hardships we in the gay community suffer when one of our partners died. I was delusional to think that justice and fairness would take precedent over the money of the Catholic and Mormon hierarchy. Now, so many years later, we are scorned again. Our pain is riduculed again. Our equality is denied again.

Shame

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