Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1998 08:54:22 -1000 From: Mia H H Lam Subject: VOTE: NO VS. YES ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1998 16:40:24 -1000 From: Tom Ramsey Latest Newspaper Ad From Protect Our Constitution Where: full page, Honolulu Star Bulletin, Sept. 30, page 15 (also elsewhere) At top (bold, black letters on a white background): We don't all agree on same-sex marriage. Next, a 5 by 11 photograph of members of the League of Women voters, with this caption above it: League of Women Voters: Evangeline J. Funk, Ph.D., Grace Furukawa, Annie Y. Kim, S. Joyce Loo, Jean Y. Aoki, Pearl Chang Johnson, Toni Worst Below the picture is 3 by 11 black box with this message in big white letters: But The League of Women Voters agrees completely on the need to to protect our bill of rights. Then about 2 inches of white space, followed by this text in smaller black print in two columns: Not everybody who is voting "no" on the Constitutional Amendment supports same-sex marriage. Many - including the League of Women Voters - have not taken a position on the issue because of varied opinions. But our opinions don't vary on the most important thing - that the Bill of Rights in our state's Constitution should not be changed and that politicians in the state legislature are not the ones best able to interpret the state's Constitution. That is, constitutionally, a job for the state Supreme Court. If you want politicians in Hawaii's legislature to interpret the constitution, vote "yes." [bolded]If you want the Supreme Court to interpret the constitution, vote "no". [not bolded]It's really that simple. Near the bottom: 1" by 11" black box with white letters saying PROTECT OUR CONSTITUTION. Below that, in bold black letters Vote NO [check box] on the Constitutional Amendment on November 3rd. Finally, at the bottom, the legally required statement of who paid for the ad: Paid for by Protect Our Constitution/Human Rights Campaign, 870 Kapahulu Avenue #10, Honolulu, HI 96816 By the way, did you catch the Walter Tagawa ad on TV this weekend (another Protect Our Constitution ad)?