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Horner suggested that the BOE’s curriculum and civil rights compliance offices, with oversight by the Attorney General, would be the appropriate authorities to make these determinations....

"There are two reasons for our opposition: First, it attempts to redefine marriage. The church is firm in its belief that marriage as the union of a man and a woman is essential to the well-being of children, families, and society. Second, the protections offered in the current draft are completely inadequate to safeguard constitutionally guaranteed religious freedoms...."

Attorney General Louie has announced that he has issued Formal Opinion No. 13-1 (Op. No. 13-1) in which he has concluded that ... the Legislature has the authority... to consider and enact a bill relating to marriage ....

A preview of what is coming to Hawaii....

We are within that Coalition organizing community volunteers on all the islands to support the Coalition to “Let The People Decide On Marriage” by organizing their local communities....

Rep. Beth Fukumoto calls for civility and kindness in ongoing debates over government shutdown, debt ceiling crisis and same-sex marriage....

McDermott formally asked Speaker of the House Joe Souki to conduct a series of House Judiciary Committee hearings on the subject of same-sex marriage....

...organizers only wanted panelists to talk about the proposed religious exemption, not things he believes are missing from the draft....

“HIRA Action” is sponsoring a campaign of radio advertising on multiple stations during October 2013 to educate and mobilize Hawaii citizens....

Attorney Jim Hochberg is Senator Sam Slom’s guest on the latest edition of “A Better Day” which airs on Olelo Public Access TV Channel 54....

State senators have, at last count, gotten 1,539 emails from residents about the spill and 272 emails from supporters of gay marriage; 602 in opposition....

The State of Women in America: A 50-State Analysis of How Women Are Faring Across the Nation....

Monday October 28th from 4 PM to 7 PM at the State Capitol....

For Jan. to May 2013 — 8,790 marriages; 186 civil unions....

...the Marriage and Religious Freedom Act would prohibit discrimination through the federal tax code against individuals or institutions that exercise religious conscience regarding marriage as the union of one man and one woman....

Protect religious organizations and officials from being required to support or perform same-sex marriages or from having to host same-sex marriages or celebrations in their facilities and protect individuals and small businesses from being required to assist in promoting or celebrating same-sex marriages ....

This debate should be in public and suggestions and changes to the legislation should be transparent....

...if Obama's 2nd home state of Illinois just stopped homosexual 'marriage', then so can the people who live in Obama's 1st home state of Hawaii....

Gay marriage on the line in the October 28 special legislative session, but apparently Governor Neil Abercrombie is willing to risk losing the vote for a crack at imposing government dogma on Hawaii's religious believers....

...the bill will have to go through three readings in each house that will include public hearings and public testimony, but there will be no amendments accepted....

...the governor is using this issue to ensure his win in the 2014 Democrat primary.....

Abercrombie has called both houses of the state Legislature to convene in a special session on Oct. 28 to address the issue of marriage....

...the IRS announced that any same-sex couple who married in a state that recognizes same-sex marriage can file a joint federal tax return, even if the state where they currently live does not recognize same-sex marriage....

It’s President Obama’s home state. Democrats have a super-majority in both houses of the legislature....

...a more radical form of liberalism emerged in the academy that sowed the seeds for the sexual revolution and multiculturalism....

Abercrombie assumes he can once again force his agenda through the legislature by bullying the representatives in his own party....

...the Obama Administration has rolled out new policies that disregard states’ authority over marriage....

Lambda Legal began preparing the ground for Abercrombie’s proposed gay marriage  “religious exemption” as far back as 2007....

Abercrombie will be using the state's top law enforcement officer, Attorney General David Louie, to turn up the heat on their fellow liberal Democrats by holding a "private caucus"....

Abercrombie’s draft gay marriage bill would make Hawaii the only state in the nation to claim legal jurisdiction over divorces in which neither party is a resident of the state....

We published this in 2012.  Since both the Star-Adv (9-1-13) and Civil Beat (8-30-13) have consciously decided to lie--claiming no such study exists--we are publishing it again....

"...it is not true that Jesus embraces all the behavior of those he loves...."

Governor Abercrombie announced today that it is unlikely that a special session to redefine marriage to include same-sex couples will happen at this time....

...there is merely a RAZOR THIN margin in favor of homosexual marriage -- just 26 votes to 25 votes....

The bill is based on Senate Bill 1369....

Like the Dalai Lama and Martin Luther King Jr, Walesa does not believe in the gay agenda.  Here are the quotes....

The proposed bill is being prepared by the Governor's office and is scheduled to be sent to the legislature this Wednesday....

Forcing this heated issue through an abbreviated session will only stifle public input which should be the most important part of the legislative process....

...would parents be considered bigoted if they raised their daughters to be attracted to boys and their sons to be attracted to girls? Or must parents now be completely neutral....