Date: Wed, 4 Dec 96 10:19:00 HST
From: ramsey@math.hawaii.edu (Tom Ramsey)
Subject: HAWAII DEC. 4

		         VICTORY DELAYED!!!!

		   JUDGE CHANG STAYS HIS DECISION,
	    PENDING APPEAL BEFORE HAWAII'S SUPREME COURT

	This morning, Deputy Attorney General Eichor requested that
Judge Chang "stay" his decision, pending an appeal of the decision
to Hawaii's Supreme Court.  Judge Chang issued the stay, because he
didn't want to have to undo marriages should he be over-ruled.
Deputy Eichor admitted in court that being over-ruled was unlikely.

	h.e.r.m.p's attorney Dan Foley appeared at the hearing for
the request for a stay, and argued against it.


					Best Regards,

					Tom Ramsey

P.S.  We h.e.r.m.p volunteers did indeed wake up this morning to the
fact that we owe tens of thousands of dollars on the court case itself,
and that actions such as the hearing this morning cost thousands of
dollars each.  Please help us sustain the struggle!

	Tax-deductible contributions may be sent to h.e.r.m.p, PO Box 11690,
Honolulu, HI 96822, to support the court case (esp., the ongoing work of
fighting the AG's office).

	Non-tax-deductible contributions for intensive lobbying may be sent
to Friends of h.e.r.m.p, PO Box 11690, Honolulu, HI 96822.  Contributions to
Friends of h.e.r.m.p can also be made by telephone:  1-900-97-MARRY ($5
minimum, 18 yrs. or older; $25 maximum in all US area codes except 808).
900 charges appear on your phone bill.