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Sunday, May 10, 2026
Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 7:07 AM :: 4369 Views :: Family, First Amendment, Religion

... HB1961 & HB1875 Awaiting Governor Action ....

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Wednesday, May 6, 2026
Pope Names New Bishop for Hawaii
By News Release @ 8:24 AM :: 4929 Views :: Religion

... at age 75, Bishop Silva was required to resign under canon law ....

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Saturday, May 2, 2026
Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 10:06 PM :: 4332 Views :: Family, First Amendment, Gambling, Health Care, Religion

... Both HB1961 and HB1875 have effectively bypassed conference committee and are now on the Governor's desk ....

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Thursday, April 30, 2026
Onomea: The Mystery of the Unknown Church
By Selected News Articles @ 3:40 PM :: 4526 Views :: Hawaii County , Hawaii History, Religion

... slowly the details began to emerge ....

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Wednesday, April 22, 2026
Crichton: Environmentalism is a religion
By Selected News Articles @ 12:02 AM :: 161295 Views :: Environment, Religion

There's an initial Eden, a paradise, a state of grace and unity with nature, there's a fall from grace into a state of pollution as a result of eating from the tree of knowledge....

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Sunday, April 19, 2026
“We the chiefs were the terror of the country”
By Selected News Articles @ 6:35 PM :: 4930 Views :: Hawaii History, Religion

... Appeal to the Princess: Nahi’ena’ena, David Malo and Waine'e Church in Early Hawaiian Newspapers .... 

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Sunday, April 12, 2026
Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 4:22 PM :: 3645 Views :: Family, First Amendment, Health Care, Religion

... HB1875: Juvenile sex change passes Senate JDC ....

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Friday, April 3, 2026
Hawaii's Good Friday Holiday - What's Up With That?
By Robert Thomas @ 12:01 AM :: 49216 Views :: Hawaii History, Labor, Religion

If you ask how "a religious holiday observed primarily by Christians commemorating the crucifixion of Jesus Christ and his death at Calvary" squares with the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment, let us explain ....

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Wednesday, April 1, 2026
SCOTUS Overturns Ban on so-called 'Gay Conversion Therapy'
By Court House News @ 6:00 PM :: 4502 Views :: First Amendment, Health Care, Religion

... the law only prohibited counseling conversations in one direction. It allowed conversations that push young people toward a gender identity different from their sex ....

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Tuesday, February 17, 2026
The Beginnings of Keawala’i Congregational Church
By Selected News Articles @ 3:33 PM :: 2395 Views :: Maui County, Hawaii History, Religion

... the church’s first official permanent pastor was renowned preacher and evangelist Blind Bartimeus ....

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Thursday, December 25, 2025
How Christmas Came to Hawaii
By Hoku Paoa Stevenson @ 12:01 AM :: 49258 Views :: Hawaii History, Religion

As presented by Hoku Paoa Stevenson at the Summer Palace....

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Monday, December 15, 2025
Origins of the Great Hawaiian Revival of 1836-1842
By Selected News Articles @ 3:28 AM :: 2524 Views :: Hawaii History, Religion

... the largest and fastest growth period of the Protestant church in the Hawaiian Islands and one of the largest revivals in the world ....

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Thursday, December 11, 2025
Kalaupapa, site of Catholic saint history, reopens to visitors
By Selected News Articles @ 1:09 PM :: 1577 Views :: Maui County, Hawaii History, Religion, Tourism

... For the last five years, this historical space has been closed to the public . But now, visitors are welcomed back ....

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Friday, November 14, 2025
Trump signs executive order to improve foster care
By Selected News Articles @ 9:32 AM :: 1263 Views :: Family, Religion

"...address state and local policies that disqualify otherwise qualified caregivers based on their religious beliefs or moral convictions...."

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Friday, November 7, 2025
Hilo, 1881: Gaming for Control of the World's Largest Church
By Selected News Articles @ 1:47 AM :: 2103 Views :: Hawaii County , Hawaii History, Religion

“Kekoa tried the same game here some two or three years ago.”

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Thursday, October 30, 2025
Royal Hawaiian Band kicks off Christmas Season with free “Kalikimaka Ho‘omau” Holiday Concert at Blaisdell Nov. 28
By News Release @ 12:36 AM :: 1671 Views :: Honolulu County, Religion

... This year’s concert features a lineup of acclaimed Hawai‘i artists ....

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Saturday, October 11, 2025
Ka’ahumanu’s Christian Conversion: The Tahitian Connection
By Selected News Articles @ 1:16 AM :: 3006 Views :: Hawaii History, Religion

... tracing Ka’ahumanu’s conversion to Christ, one must first look to Tahiti in the year 1796 ....

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Sunday, September 21, 2025
Davida Malo: Two Undiscovered Sermons
By Selected News Articles @ 12:37 PM :: 3129 Views :: Hawaii History, Religion

... Malo's method of approach involves using a classical apologetic by presenting observable natural and historical evidence ....

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Saturday, September 20, 2025
Supreme Court: State Cannot Enforce Land Restriction for 'Church Purposes Only'
By Robert Thomas @ 3:03 AM :: 4108 Views :: Hawaii County , First Amendment, Land Use, Religion

... a land patent issued by the Territory of Hawaii in 1922 limited the uses of the land to "Church purposes only" ....

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Saturday, September 13, 2025
Ousted Damien HS President confidential settlement after group sex whistleblower lawsuit
By News Release @ 3:31 PM :: 6006 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics, Religion

... Laanui’s allegations were explosive, including a group sex incident on campus involving football players and a female student. He said the alumni association was violating ILH rules by paying cash scholarships to star football players, and he accused coaches Anthony Tuitele and Ron Dalmacio of taking money from the school ....

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Tuesday, September 9, 2025
The Mystery of the 1835 Burning of the Moku'aikaua Church
By Selected News Articles @ 11:01 PM :: 5561 Views :: Hawaii History, Religion

... Over the years, very little detail has been brought to light as to the cause of the fire ....

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Thursday, August 28, 2025
Applications Open for Honolulu City Lights Display Permits
By News Release @ 5:17 AM :: 4827 Views :: Honolulu County, Religion

... A reminder for Non-Profit Organizations to submit applications by September 15, 2025 ....

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Sunday, August 24, 2025
Hawai’i Aloha: How Rev. Lorenzo Lyons helped save the Hawaiian language
By Selected News Articles @ 3:14 PM :: 3360 Views :: Hawaii History, Religion

...Samuel Elbert and Mary Kawena Pukui give credit to Lyons for helping save the Hawaiian language....

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Tuesday, August 12, 2025
John Honoli’i ‘First Born’ of the Hawaiian Church
By Selected News Articles @ 7:42 PM :: 4335 Views :: Hawaii History, Religion

"He is our first born, in America he entered the church of Jesus, he is the one who came with the first teachers."

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Saturday, July 26, 2025
Chiefess Kapiolani: The greatest student of Batimea Pua’aiki (Blind Bartimeus)
By News Release @ 11:03 AM :: 2862 Views :: Hawaii History, Religion

... a foundation builder of the Hawaiian church ....

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Monday, July 14, 2025
Discovery of unknown publications by Batimea Pua’aiki (Blind Bartimeus of Hawaii)
By Selected News Articles @ 12:01 AM :: 5704 Views :: Hawaii History, Religion

... New Evidence from the Ke Kumu Hawaii Newspaper ....

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Wednesday, March 19, 2025
Salem Media Sells Remaining Honolulu Radio Stations
By News Release @ 10:36 PM :: 3072 Views :: First Amendment, Religion, Small Business

... buyer Malama Media Group intends to keep all radio stations in their present formats ....

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Monday, March 17, 2025
Lahaina Housing: ‘Yes in God’s Backyard’
By Grassroot Institute @ 2:44 AM :: 2464 Views :: Maui County, Development, Religion

... members of the Pukalani Community Church of the Nazarene  spent eight months building four homes for residents displaced by Maui’s August 2023 wildfires ....

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Sunday, February 23, 2025
Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review Feb 21 2025
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 4:49 PM :: 3558 Views :: Family, First Amendment, Health Care, Religion

... Vaccine Exemptions: 1,000 testimonies were submitted in opposition to HB1118 ....

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Saturday, February 8, 2025
First Christian Good News Clubs in Hawaii Schools after Court Victory
By News Release @ 12:29 PM :: 6091 Views :: Education K-12, First Amendment, Religion

... Hawaii State Department of Education had previously denied every Good News Club request submitted over the last three years while approving non-Christian groups ....

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Sunday, February 2, 2025
Bill 105: Let Lahaina Rebuild as it Was
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:34 PM :: 2814 Views :: Maui County, Development, Religion

"... Bill 105, which would waive for five years the nonconformity rule for churches, temples and anyone else seeking to rebuild in the wake of the Lahaina fires...."

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Friday, December 6, 2024
Light tunnel and brand-new displays to commemorate 40th anniversary of Honolulu City Lights
By News Release @ 12:45 PM :: 4505 Views :: Honolulu County, First Amendment, Religion

... The month-long celebration of the Honolulu City Lights kicks-off ....

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Friday, November 1, 2024
Blangiardi goes full DEI -- signs City’s updated non-discrimination legislation into law
By News Release @ 1:24 AM :: 3241 Views :: Honolulu County, First Amendment, Religion

... Blangiardi hosted city officials and community groups focused on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) on Wednesday to sign Bill 32 ....

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Friday, October 11, 2024
LGBTQ Commission Established within DHS
By News Release @ 2:02 AM :: 3844 Views :: Family, First Amendment, Hawaii State Government, Religion

... The commission is one of few in the country ....

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Friday, September 27, 2024
Hawaii Family Forum General Election Voter Guide
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 3:18 PM :: 3723 Views :: Family, Life, Office of Elections, Religion

... October 18, 2024 Voters receive their General Election mail ballot packet ....

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Friday, September 20, 2024
Lassner: Feds Investigating Anti-Semitism at UH
By Video @ 3:47 AM :: 3476 Views :: First Amendment, Higher Education, Religion

... we have received notice of a Title VI investigation initiated by the Office of Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Education ....

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Friday, September 6, 2024
Election 2024: Christian Voters Pledge to Participate
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 11:47 PM :: 4216 Views :: First Amendment, Religion

... Our vote is our voice and we cannot sit on the sidelines ....

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Saturday, August 3, 2024
1853 Hawaiian Mission to Marquesan Cannibals
By Selected News Articles @ 5:00 PM :: 23676 Views :: Hawaii History, Religion

At the Marquesas Islands, Herman Melville and his friend jumped ship....

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Wednesday, July 24, 2024
CWS Called on Hawaii Home-School Mom
By Selected News Articles @ 2:24 AM :: 4719 Views :: Education K-12, Family, First Amendment, Health Care, Religion

"Wow, your kids are not even afraid of you.”

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Monday, July 22, 2024
Hawaii Family Forum Primary Election Guide
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 11:19 PM :: 5183 Views :: Family, First Amendment, Office of Elections, Religion

... All voters should be receiving their ballots in the mail by July 23, 2024 ....

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Monday, July 1, 2024
Christian Good News Clubs Win Equal Access in Hawaii Schools
By News Release @ 9:02 PM :: 3327 Views :: Education K-12, First Amendment, Religion

... after school Bible clubs must be given equal access ....

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Thursday, June 27, 2024
State Supreme Court: Is Gov't Imposed "Church Purposes" Deed Restriction Void?
By Robert Thomas @ 3:36 PM :: 3627 Views :: Hawaii County , First Amendment, Land Use, Religion

... the Hawaii Supreme Court hears oral arguments ....

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Saturday, April 13, 2024
Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 11:09 PM :: 4000 Views :: Family, First Amendment, Religion, Drugs

... protecting parental rights, safeguarding religious freedoms, implementing effective suicide prevention measures, and preparing for the upcoming elections ....

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Saturday, April 6, 2024
Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 5:09 PM :: 4504 Views :: Family, Health Care, Life, Religion, Drugs

... From this point on, there will be no more public input via hearings. ...

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Saturday, March 30, 2024
Hawaii Legislators Proclaim Easter Sunday to be 'Transgender Day of Visibility'
By News Release @ 3:36 PM :: 4074 Views :: Family, Religion

"As we approach March 31, International Transgender Day of Visibility, I stand with pride alongside fellow members of the House who consistently affirm, embrace, and support transgender folks in our communities."

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Sunday, March 10, 2024
Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review
By News Release @ 3:21 AM :: 3940 Views :: Family, Health Care, Religion, Drugs

... Final House Vote on Minor Access to Gender Affirmation Care ....

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Tuesday, February 6, 2024
Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 1:33 AM :: 4343 Views :: Education K-12, Family, First Amendment, Health Care, Religion

... HB1780 Eliminating Good Friday? ....

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Friday, January 26, 2024
Christian Club Sues Hawaii Department Of Education After Allegedly Being Barred From School Grounds
By Selected News Articles @ 2:08 AM :: 4644 Views :: Education K-12, First Amendment, Religion

... For nearly two years DoE has blocked elementary school Good News Clubs in facilities that are open to other, similarly situated non-religious organizations ....

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Sunday, December 24, 2023
Find common ground to foster holiday cheer
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 7:49 PM :: 3844 Views :: Religion

... Until someone brings up politics ....

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Monday, November 20, 2023
Maui can take lead in ‘Yes in God’s backyard’ housing
By Grassroot Institute @ 1:00 AM :: 4281 Views :: Maui County, Development, Religion

... Family Life Center and King’s Cathedral in Kahului are partnering to put up 85 modular homes on 10 acres of the church’s land ....

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