The civil liberties good guys scored a rare win in the government appointments game last week. The five-member Hawaii State Ethics Commission has selected Daniel M. Gluck, the legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union’s (ACLU) Hawaii office, to be its new executive director, the commission announced on July 1. “I will work to ensure our state’s lawmakers, … [Read more...] about State Ethics Commission hires ACLU Hawaii’s Legal Director Daniel M. Gluck to be new exec. director
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UPDATED: Rep. Tulsi Gabbard votes for controversial bill allowing racial discrimination in car buying
[NOTE: This post has been updated to include a statement from Rep. Tulsi Gabbard and my response to it.] There's this Nov. 20 Huffington Post story that's getting shared around social media. It carries the incendiary title "Meet The 88 Democrats Who Just Voted To Enable Racial Discrimination In Car Buying," and it packs quite a punch. The story concerns House Resolution … [Read more...] about UPDATED: Rep. Tulsi Gabbard votes for controversial bill allowing racial discrimination in car buying
U.S. Senator Mazie Hirono honors the late Rep. Patsy Mink on Title IX anniversary
Today is the 43rd anniversary of the Title IX–the Patsy T. Mink Equal Opportunity Education Act. Named in 2002 for the Maui-born legislator who fought gender discrimination in school and had helped get Title IX passed during her years in Congress. Here's the text of a statement U.S. Senator Mazie Hirono released today in her honor: “Forty-three years later, the Patsy T. Mink … [Read more...] about U.S. Senator Mazie Hirono honors the late Rep. Patsy Mink on Title IX anniversary
NOTW: Tiny apartments, sonogram DVDs and suicide bomber discrimination
LIVING SMALL Apartment buyers in ridiculously expensive Hong Kong are now eagerly paying up to the equivalent of $500,000 (U.S.) for units not much bigger than a U.S. parking space (and typically physically self-measured by the applicant’s wing-span). An agent told The Wall Street Journal in June that, for example, standard furniture does not fit the units and that having … [Read more...] about NOTW: Tiny apartments, sonogram DVDs and suicide bomber discrimination
Equality Hawaii Foundation: 1,417 Same-Sex Couples Married In Hawaii In Last Six Months
Of the 9,640 marriages registered in the State of Hawaii since the state legalized same-sex marriage on Dec. 2, 2013, 1,417 of those have been same-sex couples, according to a May 15 news release from Equality Hawaii Foundation. The news release, which is based on data gathered by the state Department of Health (DOH), calls the 1,417 figure "impressive." "While we don't … [Read more...] about Equality Hawaii Foundation: 1,417 Same-Sex Couples Married In Hawaii In Last Six Months