Date: Wed, 4 Jun 97 16:03:37 HST
From: ramsey@math.hawaii.edu (Tom Ramsey)
Subject: HAWAII JUNE 4

	       FOLEY FILES ANSWERING BRIEF
                    TO STATE'S APPEAL

	At 4 pm, May 30th, Dan Foley delivered the answering
brief to the state's appeal (he had 40 days to respond to the
state's brief, and delivered the brief about a week early).
One observer who read the brief this weekend called it brilliant.
Foley is more modest:  "you would have to be a lawyer to appreciate
it."

	The state now has 10 days to make a final response.  Already
the Attorney General is asking for an extension of an extra week
over the ten days (again!!!!!!).

	After the state makes its final response, it's up to the
judges.  The judges may call for additional, brief oral arguments
at their own discretion.   Stay tuned!

	Foley and co-counsel Evan Wolfson of LLDEF have worked and
re-worked this brief non-stop since they had the state's initial
brief in hand.   That of course costs money!!!

	Please support the court case financially, and spread the
word among your friends that this is a case will worth winning.
Donations to the court case are tax-deductible, and should be sent
to

			Marriage Project-Hawaii
			PO Box 11690
			Honolulu, HI 96828


					Best Regards,


					Tom Ramsey