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"The Abercrombie-Ige policy agenda has piled taxes and a higher cost of living on Hawaii families...."

Rep Bob McDermott responds to 'revised' Pono Choices program....

"This is a great win...that puts the lie to the claim that it is inevitable the US Supreme Court will redefine marriage. To the contrary, we believe they will leave this issue with the states."

...the program for middle school students will include some key revisions....

The updated Pono Choices curriculum is one of seven sexual health education programs available to DOE middle schools. Beginning in the 2014-15 school year, all parents must sign an opt-in form permitting their children to participate....

...the DOE's implementation of Pono Choices violated several safeguards contained in the Federal Protection of Pupil Rights Amendment (PPRA)....

We strongly encourage you to make direct contact with your candidates and find out if they represent your values....

...ranked first in percentage of households without children....

With increased numbers of unmarried couples, single parents, broken marriages, and couples who choose to delay or forgo childbirth....

Today the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals issued an important ruling on Utah’s marriage amendment....

...men, women and children from across the nation gathered near the Capitol to celebrate marriage as it has been historically and traditionally defined....

...We will make necessary adjustments that continue to align with the most up-to-date research and practices regarding medical accuracy and age appropriateness to ensure the use of Pono Choices for the upcoming school year....

...one-third of families did opt out at Niu Valley Middle School....

...“the advantage of marriage appears to exist primarily when the child is the biological offspring of both parents.”...

...In the June 6 filing, Egan alleges that in the 1990s he was employed by the now-defunct Internet startup Digital Entertainment Network and coerced into attending sex and drug parties....

"I see that several of the points that we made in our January 31st McDermott Report are being addressed," said McDermott....

...when the Bracy family investigated their options they couldn’t find any plan that didn’t both cover elective abortions and require a surcharge solely for that purpose....

Over 11% of Hawaii households are multigenerational, the largest percentage in the United States....

This year National Parents Organization of Hawaii introduced several bills related to addressing abuses of the Child Support Enforcement Agency....

...Cabanilla – the only representative to leave the floor to avoid voting on same sex marriage – still has no real opposition....

Kim is the first mother from Hawaii to be named the Young Mother of the Year....

...same-sex couples in a “second-tier marriage” that demeaned and humiliated such couples and their (sic) children....

...analysis from The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy shows that teen childbearing in Hawaii cost taxpayers at least $32 million in 2010....

• Kihei Maui May 6
• Kona & Hilo May 7
• Honolulu May 8

VICE News speaks with several of Ram’s victims for the first time, many of whom came forward with accounts of sexual abuse, while charities and child welfare agencies continued to place children into Ram’s care....

Today is “Equal Pay Day” for those who believe that The Man is keeping women down....

The chief executive of Mozilla resigned yesterday amid protests over his $1,000 donation in support of California’s Proposition 8, which defined marriage as the union of a man and a woman....

Working in secret and overflowing with liberals....

Since his call for transparency, McDermott says the secrecy has gotten worse....

If you're not ready to serve your constituents on a broad range of issues, you will lose.  Your defeat will advance the gay agenda....

...Executive Office on Early Learning Director GG Weisenfeld was joined by state legislators, preschoolers, community groups and business representatives....

The Hawai‘i Health Connector and Planned Parenthood of Hawai‘i today announced a joint effort....

Along with a full-time load of law school courses, she’s a full-time realtor, and also spends one day a week on an externship with Senator Sam Slom’s Minority Research Office....

More than 120 Makua (parents), kapuna (grandparents) and aunties and uncles on the rural island of Molokai joined together at the Kalanianaole Hall to hear the truth about Pono Choices....

...individuals have declined to bake cakes or take photos for same-sex wedding ceremonies—and government has punished them....

...like Pono Choices, there is a disproportionate focus on normalizing homosexuality....

Hawaii’s children may be adored by their parents, but all Hawaii government sees is their “body fat”....

Same sex marriage opens a Pandora Box of activist pressure on our schools....

Rep. Bob McDermott, Richard Fale, Gene Ward, Jo Jordan and Marcus Oshiro address HB 1624....

SB 2160, named Caylee’s Law for Caylee Anthony, would make it a felony if a parent or guardian does not report the death or disappearance (for more than 48 hours) of a child....

"He specifically targeted troubled and special-needs children...."

I am 28 years old and have been waiting years to get up enough courage to report a teacher for sexually abusing me for years....

...McDermott, who enrolled his eight children in Hawaii’s public schools, doesn’t want his 11-year-old son exposed to a controversial taxpayer-funded sex education program....

Board of Education (BOE) Hearing Tuesday, Feb 4th, 2014, 1:30 PM....

...the Hawaii Attorney General argued that even if voters were tricked in 1998, they had no say in their family structure and that the legislature and governor were within their rights to force a new one on the people....

NOTE: Hawaii HB1789 is a Therapy Ban modeled on the laws discussed in this article....