Gay Couple Sues U. Hawaii Over Married Student Housing

[WillParkinson]

(Honolulu, Hawaii) University of Hawaii student Joseph O'Leary and his same-sex partner Phi Ngo have filed suit against the University of Hawaii, alleging the school violated their civil rights by refusing to allow them to live in married student housing on campus.

During the 2006-2007 school year, O'Leary and Ngo lived in family housing on the main campus of the University of Hawaii at Manoa while O'Leary worked toward a degree in history.

They reapplied for family housing for the 2007 – 2008 school year, but the University denied their request.

In a letter the interim director of University Housing Services stated that the University "recognizes marital status as defined in Section 572-1 of the Hawai'i Revised Statutes,"which restricts the term "marriage" to different-sex couples.

http://www.365gay.com/Newscon08/03/031108hi.htm

[Tyler Durden]

1. EXACTLY the reason why this must be fought.

And EXACTLY the reason why certain candidate's views on the subject are worthless to the victims of this bigotry.