Subject: HAWAII, JUNE 1
From: [email-masked]
Date: Thu, 1 Jun 95 13:53:39 HST

10 PERCENT, MAY/JUNE PRIDE ISSUE,
	IS DEVOTED TO SAME-SEX MARRIAGE

		GAY MARRIAGE
        	ARE WE READY?
TAKING VOWS IN VEGAS   READY-TO-WED FASHION
RUPAUL TELLS ALL  FELICE PICANO'S FIRE ISLAND FICTION

Pages 12-13:  Miss Manners on guests at
same-sex weddings.

Pages 28-30:  ALTARED STATES
Attorney Evan Wolfson Argues the Case
        for Marriage.
[Evan is senior staff attorney at Lambda Legal
Defense and Education Fund, and co-counsel in
Baehr v. Lewin.]

Evan compares Hawaii's Baehr v. Lewin case to
an earlier court case that legalized inter-
racial marriage in 1967.  He reviews the
status of Baehr v. Lewin and asks the next
question:  ``Can we defend our right to marry
when the backlash erupts [from victory in
Hawaii, say in 1997], state by state?''

Evan then argues that gays need and want the
right to marry, even though many in our diverse
community would not use the right.  Several
important activists have recently agreed:
Lorri Jean of the L.A. Lesbian and Gay Center,
Paula Ettelbrick of the Empire State Pride
Agenda, Elizabeth Birch of the Human
Rights Campaign Fund, and ACLU's Matt Coles
and Jon Davidson.

Evan urges all persons and organizations to adopt
the Marriage Resolution:  ``Because marriage is
a fundamental right under our Constitution, and
because the Constitution guarantees equal protection
of the law,  RESOLVED, the State should permit
gay and lesbian couples to marry and share fully
and equally in the rights and responsibilities of
marriage.''

Evan closes the article with solid strategies
for getting to work NOW.

Pages 32--36:  SOMETHING OLD, SOMETHING NEW
Sara Felder and Jeanne Cordova provide separate
perspectives on the same event:  their wedding/
partnering.

Pages 38--49  HONEYMOON IN VEGAS
	by Maria De La O and David Thorpe
We at HERMP of course hope that you'll come to
Hawaii to get married, but the truly plastic
wedding can only happen in Vegas.

Pages  50--55  TUX  REDUX
  "Don't wait until the wedding night to look
sexy."  Tuxedos for men and women, exquisitely
modeled.

Pages 56-63:  HOLY MATRIMONY!
by David Thorpe and Maria De La O

filmmakers Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman
are interviewed about their wedding--p. 56--57

Camille Paglia disagrees politically, but would
go to Hawaii to get married if it were official
there  p. 57--58

Sean Sasser married Pedro Zamora on MTV's
``Real World''---part statment and part real  p.59

Paul Rudnick, p. 60:  ``Marriage is the only
acceptable route to stemware.  A license, mortgage,
and pre-school interviews are the true signs
of how deep your love is.''

Pat Califia wouldn't attend a gay wedding if
invited, but she'd send a present.  p. 60--62

Judy Nelson says that she is ``an old fashioned
girl . . . When the law is changed, I'll take
my lover to Hawaii and get married.''  p. 62

Jewelle Gomez is engaged for life to her partner,
but anything official makes this child of the 60's
nervous.  Nevertheless,   ``A law that discriminates
must be challenged.''   p. 63

Pages 64--66 and 70:  TAKE A VOW
                ELEVEN SIGNS THAT THE WORLD
                 IS READY FOR GAY MARRIAGE
		     by Tess Ayers

There is no way I can synopsize this great story.
It explores the Zeitgeist, accompanied by illustrations
by Francisco Caceres.

		Aloha!

		Tom Ramsey
		Secretary, Steering Committee
		Hawaii Equal Rights Marriage Project

P.S.  Coming back to earth, or at least to Hawaii,
we've learned from confidential informants that the
Mormon church has done focus group media studies of
Hawaii concerning the effect on their church image
of their high profile campaign here against same-sex
marriage.  On a more positive note, 48 HOURS is pre-
paring a one-hour special on Baehr v. Lewin.
      The funding of HERMP is as bare-boned as ever.
Donations are fully tax-deductible, and should be made
to GLCC/HERMP, 1820 University Ave., Honolulu, HI
96822 [FAX 808/ 926-1000, telephone 942-3737, GLCC
main number 951-7000].  Every contribution, no matter
how small, counts.