Hawaii State Senator Reprimanded for Opposing Homosexual Unions

Hawaii State Senator Mike Gabbard (D-19) was formally disciplined by his fellow state Democrats for opposing H.B. 444, a bill which extends the same rights, benefits, protections, and responsibilities of marriage to partners in a civil union.

Democrats allege that last session Sen. Gabbard organized a plan to oppose a civil-unions bill, which, they claim, “undermined the party’s platform in favor of equality and civil rights.” More...