Date: 	Wed, 15 Mar 1995 15:26:05 -1000
From: Frank Cipriano <cipriano@uhunix.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu>

		HERMP, WED. MAR 15

	SB 888 (to create another commission to study
sexual orientation and the law) will probably have 2nd
reading today in the House and 3rd (and final) reading
tomorrow, according to the committee clerk of the House
Judiciary Committee.  It passed the Senate 24-1 and
should pass the House by a similar margin.  This is the
"duck and hide" bill, with the possible benefit of
building a public perception of the need for domestic
partnership/marriage rights.

	Dan Foley is in court this morning, arguing against
the Mormon effort to join the state as co-plaintiff in
the District Court proceedings concerning compelling
state interests.  Steven Michaels, the state's attorney
for this case, is also opposed to the intervention of
the Mormons in the case.

	The GLCC Art Auction will take place this Saturday
at the Alana Hotel in Waikiki, 6:00 pm (champagne and
a great pupu spread).  $50 per person.  This year the
focus is on the art auction:  no entertainment and no
speeches.  Right now, about 60 people have bought tickets.
For people who might buy art, this may be a great opportunity:
relatively few buyers in a year of a fairly weak Hawaiian
economy.  If you know any such people, please spread the
word quickly---RSVP's are needed by Thursday at the absolute
latest.

	HERMP is having its regular steering committee
tonight, 5pm to 7pm, at the GLCC (1820 University Ave.).
Anyone is welcome to attend.

	KRON-TV of San Francisco is in Honolulu this
week, filming a special on the marriage project.  They
may play a very important role in educating a major gay
market.  Right now, many mainlanders believe that the
marriage case is dead due to Terrance Tom's baby-making
bill in the 1994 legislature; slowly, that perception is
being changed.

	Tina Vauxhall of the L.A. Times is doing a major
article on the marriage project.

	Peter Freiburg of the Washington Blade is tracking
the course of SB 888 closely, and reporting on the demise
in this session of the proposed constitutional amendments
to ban same-gender marriage.

	There is a very good chance that Greta Cammemeyer
will come to UH on Oct. 3.  Leon Rouse has been in contact
with UH officials and Cammemeyer, trying to arrange it.
Various UH staff members have been very helpful.  Mahalo!