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Hawaii Comes Full Circle On Same-Sex Marriage, Joanna L. Grossman
Hawaii Comes Full Circle On Same-Sex Marriage, Joanna L. Grossman
Hofstra Law Faculty Scholarship
Hawaii is where it all started: the modern battle over same-sex marriage, that is. The strong likelihood that Hawaii would legalize same-sex marriage in the early 1990's spurred a nationwide backlash that would stall, but ultimately not prevent, the legalization of same-sex marriage elsewhere. Way back when, Hawaii did not legalize same-sex marriage. But twenty years later, it has done so, with a bill signed into law by Governor Neil Abercrombie this week. The circle is now complete.
In this column, I’ll describe Hawaii’s role at the beginning of the modern same-sex marriage controversy, its dramatic impact on state and …
Enda And The Rainbow Workforce, Joanna L. Grossman
Enda And The Rainbow Workforce, Joanna L. Grossman
Hofstra Law Faculty Scholarship
By a vote of 64 to 32, the U.S. Senate recently passed a bill, the Employment Discrimination Act (ENDA) of 2013, which would prohibit employers from discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.
Although this bill stands little chance of making it through the Republicancontrolled House of Representatives, its passage is noteworthy—and encouraging —on many fronts. Although bills of this sort have been introduced periodically since 1974, and the House of Representatives has voted to pass a bill like this, the Senate has never given its approval. Moreover, in addition to unanimous Democratic support, the bill also …