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Equality Hawaii is a statewide political advocacy organization in Hawaii that advocates for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) rights, including same-sex marriage. == History == Equality Hawaii was founded as Family Equality Coalition on November 16, 2007 as a 501(c)(4) nonprofit corporation. It was founded based on community and expert input at the organization's first meeting in September 2007 after a civil unions bill was attempted in February 2007. The organization made an early commitment to advocating for same-sex marriage in Hawaii. The first general membership meeting was held in partnership with UNITE HERE Local 5 and featured Cleve Jones. In 2010, the board elected to change its name to Equality Hawaii to reflect its scope expanding beyond just same-sex marriage.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Our History )〕 Originally named Family Equality Foundation, Equality Hawaii Foundation (EHF) was founded on October 27, 2009 as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation. While its 501(c)(3) application was being approved by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), the organization was fiscally sponsored by the Equality Federation Institute. This allowed the organization to immediately pursue grant funding. The organization received its official designation from the IRS on June 5, 2011.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Our History )〕 Equality Hawaii Action Fund was founded August 13, 2010 as a 527 organization. It was formed in response to Governor of Hawaii Linda Lingle vetoing a 2010 civil unions bill; opponents of legal recognition of same-sex relationships had made public pledges to remove from office any legislators who supported civil unions; an opponent to LGBT issues openly gay House Majority Leader Blake Oshiro; and Gubernatorial candidates Mufi Hannemann and Duke Aiona were promising to not only veto any future civil unions legislation, but put the issue on the ballot.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Our History )〕 Equality Hawaii was a founding member and fiscal agent of Hawaii United for Marriage, a coalition of organization which advocated for the Hawaii Marriage Equality Act, which was signed into law on November 13, 2013 by Governor Neil Abercrombie, and same-sex couples began marrying on December 2, 2013. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Equality Hawaii」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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