Subject: HAWAII, AUG. 28
From: [email-masked]
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 95 16:21:14 HST

NATIONAL ENDORSEMENTS OF THE 
		   MARRIAGE RESOLUTION
		ALSO:  ABC NIGHTLINE MAY COVER HERMP

	Evan Wolfson of Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund
has worked tirelessly to build a comprehensive coalition of national
gay and lesbian organizations in support of same-gender marriage.
This is an historic first.  Here are some of the organizations:
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
Black Lesbian & Gay Leadership Forum
Commission on Social Action of Reform Judaism
Dignity/USA (Roman Catholic)
Federation of Reconstructionist Congregations and Havurot (Judaic)
Friends for Lesbian & Gay Concerns (Quaker)
Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD)
Gay & Lesbian Medical Association (GLMA)
Gay & Lesbian Parents Coalition International (GLPCI)
Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund
Human Rights Campaign Fund (HRCF)
Japanese-American Citizens League (JACL)
Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund (Lambda)
Latino Lesbian & Gay Organization (LLEGO)
Lesbian & Gay Immigration Rights Task Force (LGIRTF)
Lesbian Gay & Bisexual Returned Peace Corps Volunteers
Log Cabin Republicans
National Association for Women in Education
National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR)
National Gay & Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF)
National Organization for Women (NOW)
Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (P-FLAG)
Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches

	Evan also has lists of statewide organizations which have endorsed
the Marriage Resolution.  It is extremely important to continue this work
of obtaining endorsements; the dialog leading to endorsement is an important
one which will go far toward allaying fears concerning same-gender marriage.
A special "Thank you" to Evan!

	ABC Nightline had staff in Hawaii filming all the principle players.
The latest rumor is that the show will broadcast August 30, but that is
totally unconfirmed.

				Aloha!

				Tom Ramsey
				Secretary, Steering Committee
				Hawaii Equal Rights Marriage Project