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Religious Expression by Government Officials
(Is Hawaii Becoming a Theocracy)
Hawaii Reporter ^
| 5/31/2005
| Kenneth R. Conklin
Posted on 06/11/2005 3:41:28 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o
Recently Lt. Gov. Duke Aiona publicly expressed his Christian beliefs, provoking outrage from Hawaii's leftists. In a commentary on Wednesday, May 18, 2005, The Honolulu Advertiser columnist David Shapiro quoted Aiona as saying "Hawaii belongs to Jesus" ...
(Excerpt) Read more at hawaiireporter.com ...
TOPICS: Culture/Society; US: Hawaii
KEYWORDS: aiona; christians; hawaii; indoctrination; native; pagan; religion; schools
Whose religion is actually being incorproated into education, government, and law in Hawaii? The Christians? Or the "Native Hawaiian Faith"? Aloha, Island Goddesses!
To: don-o; conservonator; livius; Campion; netmilsmom; Tax-chick; camle; anniegetyourgun; murphE; ...
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posted on
06/11/2005 3:42:51 PM PDT
by
Mrs. Don-o
(Make love. Accept no substitutes.)
To: Mrs. Don-o
Almost every ceremony in HI, including government's events such as opening a new building or office, starts with Hawaiian blessing. The blessings are usually done by non-priest, but sometimes by a priest. Nobody seems to mind. The Republicans are close to the native Hawaiian, while the Democrats are affraid to bring up the issue.
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posted on
06/11/2005 3:46:35 PM PDT
by
paudio
(Four More Years..... Let's Use Them Wisely...)
To: Mrs. Don-o
But Christians are voters, so certainly they have the same rights as the leftists to vote for politicians they agree with, and to demand that elected officials should implement the positions expressed in the campaign platforms that got them elected. Now where could he have gotten a silly idea like this? :\
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posted on
06/11/2005 3:49:10 PM PDT
by
nosofar
To: Mrs. Don-o
The old guy at the peak of the supreme court looks familiar doesn't he.
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posted on
06/11/2005 3:50:23 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Anyone who thinks we believe Hillary on any issue is truly a moron.)
To: Mrs. Don-o
Weren't America's founding principles based on separation of church and state? It never ceases to amaze me that presumably intelligent (at least in their own eyes) people don't know the difference between 'church' and 'religion'. Maybe it shouldn't.
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posted on
06/11/2005 3:55:48 PM PDT
by
nosofar
To: Mrs. Don-o
If ever a place was blessed, it's Hawaii. Precious.
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posted on
06/11/2005 5:22:41 PM PDT
by
combat_boots
(Dug in and not budging an inch. NOT to be schiavoed, greered, or felosed as a patient)
To: nosofar
The preamble of every state (all 50) acknowledge God, and seek His Divine guidence. The complaint of Jesus mentioned
as making Hawaii a Theoocracy is only acknowledging that Jesus is God !!!!!!!!!
Lee Tallent
Alvin, Texas
To: nosofar
Some people believe religion can occur only within the confines and control of a church.
I know it's a bizarre belief, and strange to those of us of a different belief, but it's widespread.
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posted on
06/11/2005 7:28:18 PM PDT
by
muawiyah
(q)
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