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Ambassador Sai’s Presentation to the Swiss Diplomats-Zurich Network Well Received

Posted on November 25, 2013 by Hawaiian Kingdom

 

On November 11, 2013, Dr. David Keanu Sai, as Ambassador-at-large for the acting government of the Hawaiian Kingdom, was invited by the Swiss Diplomats-Zurich Network to present on the status of the Hawaiian Kingdom at the University of Zurich. Dr. Sai was received and introduced as the Ambassador-at-large of the Hawaiian Kingdom with all the diplomatic protocol and etiquette.

Max_SchweizerThe program began promptly at 6:30 pm with an introduction by Dr. Max Schweizer, Executive Director of the Swiss Diplomats-Zurich Network, welcoming everyone in attendance, which included former Swiss Ambassadors and Diplomats, students from the University of Zurich’s Center of Foreign Affairs & Applied Diplomacy, as well as people from the public sector. Dr. Schweizer isMaximilian_Stern Head of the Center of Foreign Affairs & Applied Diplomacy that trains future diplomats from Switzerland and other foreign countries. Dr. Schweizer also introduced Maximilian Stern, Executive Director of foraus (think-tank for Swiss Foreign Policy), which co-sponsored the event.

At 6:40 pm Professor Niklaus Schweizer, a former Honorary Swiss Consul and current member of the Swiss Diplomats-Zurich Network, provided a short Niklaus_Schweizerpresentation on the historical background of Swiss-Hawaiian relations. Professor Schweizer is also faculty at the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa and teaches a college course titled Europeans in the Pacific. Professor Schweizer also provided an incredible link from Huldrych Zwingli (1484-1531), who was a religious leader of the Reformation in Zurich, to John Calvin (1509-1564) who was part of the Reform in Geneva, Switzerland, to the Calvinist missionaries from the United States who arrived on the island of Hawai‘i in 1820. His presentation ended with the statement that there is much more history to Hawai‘i than Waikiki and tourism.

Sai_Pres_ZurichDr. Sai then followed with his power point presentation Hawai‘i: An American State or a State under American Occupation. The presentation covered the legal and political history of the Hawaiian Kingdom, its treaty with Switzerland, the illegal overthrow, the ensuing illegal and prolonged occupation by the United States, the Protest and Demand filed with the United Nations General Assembly, the Referral filed with the International Criminal Court, the Application Instituting Proceedings at the International Court of Justice with Switzerland named as a defendant, and the ongoing commission of war crimes. A panel discussion immediately followed the presentation.

The panel was comprised of Dr. Sai, Professor Schweizer and Dr. Christian Blickenstorfer, who is President of the Swiss Diplomats-Zurich Network as well as former Swiss Ambassador to the United States, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Yemen, andPanel_Zurich Germany. Dr. Schweizer moderated panel. Dr. Blickenstorfer stated that when he visited the Hawaiian Islands while ambassador to the United States, he clearly saw two versions of the Hawaiian Islands that he didn’t expect. First was the perception that Hawai‘i was the 50th State of the United States and the other was a kingdom with a Palace and the Royal Hawaiian Band. He didn’t clearly understand the distinction until Dr. Sai’s presentation, which he said was very informative and clear. Dr. Schweizer then asked Dr. Sai about his position as Ambassador-at-large and if he could explain to the audience his position and how he was appointed. Dr. Sai responded with a short narrative of how the acting government was established in 1996 utilizing laws of the Hawaiian Kingdom as it existed before the occupation and the provisional and temporary establishment of a Regency that was provided for under the Hawaiian constitution under the legal doctrine of necessity. The panelists and audience understood the application of the doctrine of necessity as it applies to government.

Questions were then taken from the audience, most of which centered on the economy of the Hawaiian Kingdom and what it would look like during and after the occupation ends.  A question was asked by a Swiss human rights activist re Dr. Sai’s response to actions taken by Mr. Leon Siu who is attempting to get Hawai‘i on the United Nations list of colonies to be de-colonized. She explained that Mr. Siu stated to her that all that is required is for one country to support Hawai‘i’s listing, and she asked Dr. Sai for his thoughts on whether or not  Switzerland could be that country. Dr. Sai responded that it was not the appropriate action to be taken regarding Hawai‘i’s occupation because to say that Hawai‘i is a colony of the United States is to imply that Hawai‘i is not an already existing sovereign, although occupied, State. He explained that de-colonization is the process of self-determination where the population of a colony will decide whether it wants one of three options; first, to be an independent and sovereign State; second, a status of free association with the former colonizer; or, third, total incorporation into the sovereignty of the colonizer. Because Hawai‘i’s government was illegally overthrown by the United States, does not mean Hawai‘i became a U.S. colony. The diplomats in the audience completely understood Dr. Sai’s response and agreed that de-colonization is not the process because the issue is State continuity and not the creation of State.

After the panel there was time for everyone to have some wine and to mingle. Dr. Sai was soon surrounded by the diplomatic students from Russia, France, Switzerland and Spain. The students from Russia, in particular, wanted a picture taken with Dr. Sai. There were specific questions from the students regarding economic trade between the Hawaiian Kingdom and European countries and how that might look.  Dr. Sai explained that the treaties are still in force and that Hawaiian law provides for free trade. What resonated among the students and the diplomats was the clear understanding that the Hawaiian State still exists under international law, despite its government being illegally overthrown. This is the basis for the Hawaiian Kingdom’s continued existence and for the formation of the acting government.

Swiss_Diplomats_ExecThe evening ended with a dinner in Dr. Sai’s honor at Kantorei restaurant, which was walking distance from the university. The senior officers of the Swiss Diplomats-Zurich Network’s Executive Committee hosted the dinner. The diplomats and officers of the Swiss Diplomats-Zurich Network gave their support to the actions taken by the acting government and wished it well as it proceeds towards the path of de-occupation. What was conveyed to Dr. Sai, as they walked to the restaurant, was how logical a path the acting government has taken in light of a prolonged occupation. What was especially welcome to these diplomats was the focus on re-education at the college and secondary levels, as well as in the community at large.

The next day Dr. Sai was given a message from one of the former Swiss ambassadors in attendance at the presentation the night before, where he wanted to convey to Ambassador Sai that he is a “very good diplomat.” Dr. Sai asked the individual who delivered the message if that was a compliment. His response to Dr. Sai was absolutely, especially coming from another Ambassador who was a seasoned diplomat.

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same sex marriage

  Same sex marriage here in Hawaii has been an on-going battle for those who are for and against it.  I personally am for same sex marriage, living here in Hawaii, where cultural background is so different from those living in the mainland, that i have learned to love everyone who is different, because really which two people are exactly the same??  I know many people who are gay and lesbian, most of them are related to me.  I believe that "marriage" is sacred, but who are we to judge on who can and who cannot be married?  I wouldn't want someone else voting on my marriage, so why should we?
     In the last 3 or 4 months, this issue has risen and so have the support from all those who believe same sex marriage is the right thing to do, not only because we love those who are gay and lesbian, but because it is the right thing to do and because we are denying them there human rights, not to mention same sex equality.  I have never been one of those people who fight against what i think is wrong until this issue came up, i am both extremely glad and not so glad that this issue and bill arose, glad that i have found something to stand up for and unhappy with those who have fought so hard to keep this bill from going through.  But i can say i'm extatic that same sex marriage is now legal here in Hawaii!!!!!!

yeiiiiiiii to those who also supported the LGBT

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American Jungle on the History Channel.

  American Jungle on the History channel if you guys never see um is filmed on the big Island of hawaii, about hunters hunting in the rain forests of Hawaii Island.  I personally never ment to watch it but came across it by chance, I never like watch college football n started flipping through the channels when I came upon the history channel n had this guy talking to a camera crew speaking hawaiian pidgeon. At first I was like wat this kanaka doin on da history channel, he stay talking about the hunt n thier ancestrial hunting trails past down from generation to generation n how other hunters from outside like come in an hunt on thier lands. First I dont know these kanakas an am not from the Big Island, but reside on Maui, second the Big Island of Hawaii is like the name says, BIG. The question I have is why if the Big Island so big these two parties, one kanaka maoli, n the others for not to be prejudice sake we call " outsiders " hunting in the same area. Another thing, the kapuna I assume of the spear clan Scotty or somethinfg was confronting these outsiders on poaching on thier aina, and one of the outsiders started talking shit to the spear kapuna n he never do nothing but talk. W e kanakas on Maui hunt our respected mountains n when we see another party of hunters on the opposite ridge we go in the other direction for safety purposses. But when you are hunting in your own aina n a bunch of " outsiders " come up n start talking shit to our kapuna, he would be on the ground eating dirt, nobody, not even another kanaka can disrespect our kapunas in or out of the mountains and get away with it, shame.  I got so disgusted I changed the channel, they make us kanakas look bad, this just as bad as the movie Big Wednesday where the kanakas got thier ass kick by one haole. fking shame.

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  Epistomology of Hawaii is the indiginous of our old mindset that makes us who we are and where we are from, in my opinion thats all about cultural beliefs and heritage of our ancesters who came before us. Manulani goes on too describe our words n beliefs in a translation of english, which basically doesnt do the Hawaiian meanings and feelings justice. Not to quote her word for word which will be an act of plagerism, but to put it simply as I can it was it has to do about the quality of life to the aina, malama aina, Body, mind spirit which all of us kanakas was taught at tutus knees (maybe not all, I was born in 1963 as why) when we were keikis.  Like kumu Kaeo said, Hawaiians no believe in the one man show, it is about the whole n the benefits one can contribute to the community. We as kanaka maoli had it going on back in the day before the europians came and almost totally destroyed our culture, if it wasnt for the few kanaka maolis who refused to give up thier cultural beliefs we would not have a Hawaiian culture today, mahalo to those kapunas.  One main interesting fact Dr. Manulani brought up was that we were never a colonized land, but one of occupation, capitalism at its highest form. In the early part of my course in Modern Issues in Hawaii, I remember a lecture that our last manarch Liliuokalani at the time of the overthrow of our nation never surrendered, but yeilded until the time that the nation was returned to the Hawaiian people, what happened to the strenght that our kapunas had, what happened to our people that made us what we are today, auwe.

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Thank goodness, although on another island--Kaua'i, do they council members who know what needs to be done even in the face of litigation, these representatives shoud be on O'ahu for I am sure the vote for Same-sex Marriage could have made a different outcome--really who knows!Keep the representatives on Kaua'i and replace the ones on O'ahu!! NO INCUMBENTS O'AHU MAUI BIG ISLAND!! Vote for some new!! One one but the ones in office NOW!!
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 The Bill Sb1 was officially signed by govner Abocromby and made into law, yet the people opposing same sex marriage are counter suing that the Bill is unconstitutional, because of a misconception about wether the voters in the last election had really understood the ramifications of voting on a Bill to give the Legistlation the power to determine what is marriage.  the argument by Collette Machado chairman of OHA who is oppossed to the stated some interesting ramifications about this Bill, she brought up the blood quantum which was initially made by the US federal govment that only Hawaiians of 50% koko can recieve benefits from OHA ( which I totaly disagree with, I believe if you have Hawaiian koko in your finger tips you should recieve the same benefits as a half blooded Hawaiian ). The issue of a same sex couple, for example two females, one native hawaiian and the other of a diffrent nationality that have a child and marry, will that child be able to recieve benefits from OHA. That is a good argument and I for one am not to sure about the long term ramifications. On the opposite side Professor Dean Hamer a Biological Chemestry professor from Harvard who supports SB1 also came up with some very interesting arguments. Putting it in " Laymans " terms, he stated that genes is a part of our makeup that determines who you will become, its part of all of us and some people are more attracted to the same gender, it was never a choice but a trait, not only in humans but also in deferent species. These are two of the arguments for and against same sex marriage. In my own opinion, who are we to play God and tell people how to live thier lives, to each thier own as long as they dont hurt anybody else its all good, and I dont know when I turned on the six oclock news with Joe Moore on channel 2 and heard about a gay or lesbian gunman shooting up a higschool, Go figure.

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Racism in Hawaii

    Racism in Hawaii has been a problem that has been going on forever, but for me, i didn't start really noticing racism till i was in the 8th grade.  I have a "Haole" cousin, she wasn't "Haole" in the sense that she was from Europe or the continent.  She was actually born and raised on O'ahu, she is also 25% Hawaiian, it just so happens that she looks as though she is pure haole because shes white, with freckles and blue eyes.  I was visiting with them one summer and noticed while we were playing that an older kid, who was in high school, started picking on her and calling her names.  They called her names like "Haole" , "Redneck", "blondy" and so forth.
     The person that was calling her names was actually another "Haole" person, she and her family just moved in next door the year before from California.  She didn't have blond hair, or freckles, she was tan, blue eyed and brown hair.  She thought because she lived here for a year and surfed she was officially a "Local".  When i approached her to ask why she was picking on my cousin her response was said without hesitation, "Because she could".  If that doesn't show the type of power that white people have then i don't know what does.
     Racism here in Hawaii starts not with the old, but with those who are still very easily influenced, like children.  When children are young they follow those around them, learning words and sounds, unfortunately, some people think children, because they are young that they do not understand what is going on, which i could say that they do not completely comprehend everything going on, but they do know most.  I've seen and heard some children mimic and copy what is said around them.  
     To conclude, i'd say that racism here in Hawaii is something that is an everyday struggle, but it can definitely be fixed and adjusted as long as everyone is trying to demolish the thought of race.  Race shouldn't be the deciding factor for anything.

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Hello MaoliWorld <3

My Name is A.J.

I'm Mixed Hawaiian/Filipino/German/Irish, adopted into a middle class Midwestern (US) white family, and raised to believe I was white, but just "tanned well" (even tho that Tan stuck around all year long).

I have struggled most of my life trying to understand my culture, German and Irish always being the most accessible of the 4, Hawaii just being another American "State", and we never even got into the Filipino. "We're America, a melting pot, everyone is mixed with something".

I can remember the first time I realized that "Hawaiian" might be something deeper inside of me than just the word I used to explain to people why I tanned so well.

I was practicing and teaching myself dance for the first time. The genre of dance I was compelled to learn was called "Liquid" and was based off of fluid movements of the body, focused largely on the hands. I practiced for months, and months, and am far from any sort of even intermediate level, but there's something about those motions that I could connect with, that brought me peace.

Note: Liquid style dancing (from what I understand, and please correct me if I'm wrong) is not Hawaiian, or Hawaiian inspired, and is mostly associated with the Rave scene. But I've never been to a rave, nor have I danced this way drugged or intoxicated.

But about a year and a half later, a close friend of mine who is not Hawaiian, but has roots there, showed me a Hula video, and immediately I noticed the hands, and the motions, and the fluidity, and it knocked me on the floor. It wasn't like learning something new, but something familiar, something I could recognize even tho I had never seen it before.

I know little to nothing about Hula, or Hawaii, Hawaiians, our language, our culture, But I know in my heart I have a connection here.

I look forward to learning, and please feel free to call me out on any ignorance, I'm here to learn, hopefully about myself, my ancestors, and my living community. <3

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Hawaiian Literacy in the 1800s.

 Hawaiians living in the 1800s of colonization was a very literate peoples, they could read and write both english and Hawaiian, in fact they had the most hawaiian writen news papers operating in this area. So if we Hawaiians were so literate in understanding letters, reading and writing both english and Hawaiian, why is it that HC&S sugar plantation hold the lands at Honokowai above the Kapalua Airport at Mahinahina. They hold 600 acres of Kuleana lands that they alledgedly got from the original owners with a singed deed, the signature on that deed was an " X ", im pretty sure the ohana of these lands could at least spell thier name, go figure.

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Geothermal Energy on the Island of Maui.

  There is a proposal of setting up a Geothermal Facility on the Island of Maui, there are supposed to be hot spots on the east end of Haleakala on Ulupalakua Ranch and the Hawaiian Homestead of Kahikinui. Geothermal is a science of harnessing steam from active valcanic fisures under the ground, it is supposed to be safe and environmentally friendly. Double Flash Steam Technology is a closed loop system where the water carries steam from underground and is delivered to a turbine that generates energy to make electericity, the excess water then enters a loop system and is than returned to the ground. This technology is in use on the big Island of Hawaii for  almost 30 years. The question is who owns the right to use and harvest this energy, which is considered in geology as a mineral, the state, federal govment, HECO or the Native Kanaka Maolis who reside on these so called hot spots.  

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  Why are our Kanaka maoli being sent to Missisipi, Arizona and Oklahoma?  We know that there is overcrowding in our prison system, I for one have experianced it myself in 2004 to 2005, but that is no excuse to send our boys off island where family members cannot visit.  The State of Hawaii is the only State in the U.S. that sends thier incarcerated out of state to be housed.  So called private institutions are cheaper then building a new prison to house our bradas, in my opinion thats a bunch of crap, its all about the money like everything else in this socalled free nation.  In my opinion and I know a lot of ohana out there feels the same, keep hawaiians in hawaii, the state has the land and the resources, n no tell me they dont, they been living off of us kanakas for years, pimping out our lands to the highest bidder.  Its time for bring our Kanakas back home, so Governer whats his face, that little menehune dude, stop pimping our aina and start putting up more facilities to house our incarcerated Kanakas n bring them home.

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SB1 or Senate Bill 1 really is a controversy about what people are comfortable with in their cultural belief system and religious beliefs system. It took some time for me to digest just what are the issues at hand with SB1. I understand that there is apparently a large portion of the majority opposing the passing of this bill. Most of it stems from each individual religious beliefs. Now, that is absolutely fine to have the freedom to demonstrate your religious practices, however with that said, the other side of that argument should have equality to live their lifestyle without being judged.


Hawai`i has a more unique part to play in this political and cultural chess game. Hawai`i as far as a people is in turmoil with this topic because of the Church and State overview has convoluted this very sensitive issue. I suggest that before you come to any conclusion on this issue, you should do some research on all factors involved in making this become a very real aspect of Hawaii’s everyday lifestyle. If you do your due diligence, you will find that homosexuality was a part of ancient Hawai`i. It was accepted on many different levels and it was seen as a productive part of society.


I personally am a practicing catholic and have been raised to frown upon this type of a union. With all of the quotes from the Bible on this subject of marriage, making it clear that in the eyes of God only a man and a women can enter into this union.

I don’t agree with this view. I am not put here on Earth to judge anyone, I may have my opinions. However, I still believe that it should be left up to the individuals involved to decide what is right for their way of life.


Here are some facts how the rest of the world views this very controversial topic.
· 83 - Countries majority located in Africa and the Middle East will either impose up to life in prison, imprisonment and the death penalty
· 30 - Countries recognize same sex unions
· 56 - Countries offer protection and have anti-discrimination laws in place

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same sex..whats up!!!

to me i tink dat u gotta look at da history of hawaii and wea we put up all deez boundries have sex!! serious! if da calvinist neva come a fuck up our way of life by telling us wen or how we shud have sex den i know tink we be having dis issue..fo one..hawaiians back in da wa kahiko days neva have dis kine marriage kine stuffeses dat came wit da coming of da Haole missionaries..an fo two..we neva have dis kine who we can have sex wit..not if u da big whip and you wen put kapu on yo wahine or kane..but ada den dat neva have dat kine..our peeps wuz having sex on da wide undah da sun, da moon, and da stars..in da kuahiwi's, on da oneloas, in da hale, out da hale, undaneet da watahfalls..wea evas..dats da people we had back den..carefree..me my mana'o is dis..if dey like get married go ahead.. not hurting nobody..what is da FEAR about anyways!!!

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The Empire Church and State Myth

Amendment I

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

The National Archives the Constitution of the United States

            It begins in most religions, that in order to know your particular God you must first deny every other God.  That is if you want to stay in your religion.  The United States and or United States of America (which ever branch of service you may be addressing) would have you believe that there is a separation of Church and State is greatly mistaken.  No prayer in schools, no room for religion in government, as we have learned in the decision of Johnson vs. McIntosh that Chief Justice John Marshall put into his own words (prejudiced by my point of view) that referencing the Christian domination of the newly acquired lands by the European’s had dominion over these unoccupied lands (the new world) by the non-Christians that John Cabot discovered was based on the papal bull of Borgia (Inter Caetera May 4 1493), requested by King Henry VII (the land Cabot came across was actually Nova Scotia Canada).

Taken from www.reformation.org

The Empire-Domination Model

This assumes that an entity can discover a country of inhabited, dependent non-Christian, heathens and convert them to Christianity by the right of “Requerimiento” (a must read).  It is the ceremony of reading the declaration in the native language of the navigators (which would be Latin, Portuguese, Spanish, etc.)  and/or mentioning terra firma or prima terra vista (flat land; ground as distinct from the sea or air; beautiful land) along with whatever bells and whistle (priests, holy men, etc.) which the navigators could muster as John Cabot did as noted by Justice Marshall.

  • In that case, Chief Justice John Marshall said that "discovery" of "heathens" by "Christian People" gave the Christians an "ultimate dominion" (right of empire and domination) over the "discovered" Indians. After Christian "discovery", said Marshall, the Indians peoples' rights to "complete sovereignty, as independent nations", were "diminished." Supposedly, the Indians were left with the mere 'right' to occupy their ancestral lands, subject to U.S. dominion.  Based it on the independence of 1776 from Great Britain.
    • Taken from Indigenous Law Institute home page

Definition of a Papal Bull:           bull; a formal proclamation issued by the pope (usually written and sealed with a leaden bulla and is issued by a Pope of the Catholic Church out of the Vatican.  The following is an excerpt from European Treaties bearing on the History of the United States and its Dependencies to 1648, edited by Frances Gardiner Davenport, Washington DC, Published by the Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1917, publication 254, J Franklin Jameson, Editor. The editor states in his Preface with regard to the documents that, “…In a few cases, access to authentic and exact texts of them (the papal bulls) is far from easy.  In a few cases, as the researches made for this volume have shown, they do not exist in print.” (Davenport, iii)

As translated from Latin from Pope Alexander states in his inter caetera, “…to the honor of Almighty God and the spread of Christian government as well as the exaltation of the catholic faith to carry out your holy and praiseworthy purpose…emphasis added.” (Davenport, 56)

This separation of Church and State needs to be re-addressed because it seems to be the FIRST myth and not in-compliance with the First Amendment.

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Same-sex Marriage

What is one of the real issues here is that we are allowing our government officials to dictate what we should be voting on. 

SB1

Wants to give same-sex couples the same rights as opposite-sex couples to marry and to receive benefits that provide Right of parents, Reliance on federal law, interpretation of terminology to be gender neutral, Refusal to solemnize a marriage this one is for those of you feel like Tenari Ma’afala, not to mention, the use  your land and your church for profit.   That all parties comply with application, license and limitations of the State of Hawaii, meaning you must not have an existing marriage, civil union, and must be dissolved by death or dissolution, and basically the same spousal support and our own marriages.  It does not cost any more money, in fact we make money.

So here is the other real issue I have with this bill, and this was taken from the S.B. No. 1 dated Oct 28, 2013:

"S.572-A …(a) Two individuals who are civil union partners or reciprocal beneficiaries…

"5572-1…[only between a man and a woman,] permitted between two individuals without regard to gender,…

(6) The [man and woman] parties to be married…

(7) The marriage ceremony be performed….to solemnize marriages and the [man and the woman] parties

"§5572-6 Marriages between [a man and a woman] two individuals regardless of gender…

And there is more of that throughout the bill…

Now we all have lost our recognition as a man and a woman, and reduced to contractual legal abyss known as an entity, which is by blacks law:  a lawful or legally standing association, corporation, partnership, proprietorship, trust, party or individual.  I do not agree with that description or definition in regards to this issue. 

I do not and will not dictate to any person who they want to marry, unless you are a 2 time convicted felon for Domestic Violence of other people and have not rehabilitated yourself.  We need to ensure higher education for the people, our children, and ourselves before pointing the finger at anyone else like our colonizing predecessors.  Let us go by the way of her majesty Queen Lili’uokalani to be diplomatic with hopes to become a monarchical form of government once again.  E aloha kekāhi i kekāhi.

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Hawai'i SB1 has a Trojan Horse Harmful to Hawaiian Children

The House of Representatives Judiciary and Finance committee has passed SB 1 today. In doing so they managed to slip in a Trojan Horse that is harmful to Hawaiian children.

It's on page 5 of 18 pages:

"Section 572C :

"Rights of parents: Parental rights, benefits, protections and responsibilities based on marriage shall be the same for all married couples regardless of the gender of the spouses. These rights, benefits, protections, and responsibilities shall include paternity, maternity, and parentage presumptions based on marriage."

Seen here: http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/splsession2013b/SB1_.pdf

In other words non-Hawaiian children will take some rights of Hawaiian children.

I am pro gay marriage myself but I do not support SB1 and submitted written testimony opposing it.

For those who support SB1... you meant well but you helped them put their Trojan Horse in place which will effectively destroy the rights of Hawaiian children thus destroy them.

 

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Same sex marriage.

  Aloha ohana, I am writing about the issue in Hawaii thats got everybodys panties in a bunch, Im talking about legalizing same sex marriage, and am very interested in your opinions. Me personally im for equal rights and the freedom to excersize these rights, after all america is toted to be the freest country in the world and everyone has a say in thier own lives, hah. As a kanaka maoli with my geneology going back sixteen generations, I can tell you that I do have ohana who are attracted to the same sex, and as a kanaka maoli I find nothing wrong with that, whateva floats your boat, go for it. But seriously this issue is not about wether people of the same sex has a right to marry, in my opinion its about religion verses cultural practices, please feel free to coment on this post, I would love to hear your input on this issue, aloha.

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No Incumbents - Oust them all

Kaua'i's Mayor should be the first one, to not state what is legally flawed about the bill shows his communication and public relations needs to re-certify himself, so when he does not get re-elected maybe he can join the major demographic enrolled in the current University of Hawaii College system.

Campaign contributors to his 2014 re-election

Falko Partners, LLC

E.I. Dupont De Nemours & Company, parent company Dupont

gotta get to class but I am sure there are more to add to Mayor Carvalho's reasonings besides a legally flawed bill!

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Seeds of Hope

Seeds of Hope, produced by the Hawaii Rural Development Council, has been showing throughout the islands since last week. 

In case you missed it, there are two showings left and it will air on PBS Hawaii on Thursday, Nov. 14 at 9 p.m

Remaining showings: 

Honolulu, Pacific Gateway Center: Wednesday, Oct. 30, 6 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.

Lanai High and Elementary School: Wednesday, Nov. 6, 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.

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Kuleana to Mayor Bernard Carvalho of Kaua'i

     What are you waiting for Mayor Carvalho, waiting till the last minute is so totally wrong.  Your constituency (na po'e o Kaua'i) have spoken on Kaua'i County Council Bill 2491.  If you are waiting this long to make a decision it is obvious who you are going to side with. Your own Council voted 6 to 1.  YOU WILL NOT BE SUPPORTED on your run for re-election, you are counting on saving 600 workers for these bio-tech companies while killing the future 6000 plus future population by allowing this bill to be passed.       Send them over to Falko Partners, I am sure the Luxury Housing Subdivision being built on Ag land will have job opportunities for many of them.

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