Excerpts from a Sunday (Feb. 10) media advisory:
… Legislative leaders have yet to schedule a hearing on the marriage bill, and unless a hearing is on the books by Tuesday, the marriage bill will not advance this year.
Tomorrow’s Lobby Day is the most effective way we can urge the Legislature to move the marriage bill forward by sharing personal stories and making it clear that the majority of Hawaii voters support the freedom to marry. …

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