Religion

...Ige's office has been flooded with over 500 phone calls and about 300 emails from constituents....

Senator Sam Slom wrote a letter to Governor Ige, urging him to reconsider his position....

'Screening': Syria is 10% Christian, 'Refugees' are 2% Christian....

According to the NYT, so far no Syrian refugees have been resettled in Hawaii....

...Obama has been refusing to label terrorist group ISIS as “Islamic extremists,” instead opting for “violent extremists,” a choice Maher called “crazy” on his HBO talk show. “Words do matter,” he said....

In a letter to MRFF dated Oct. 9, Killeen wrote that the “sign will remain in its present location and not be altered in any way”....

...The sign at Marine Corps Base Hawaii reads: "God bless the military, their families, and the civilians who work with them." It has stood there for 14 years....

“Only someone with a great misunderstanding of the First Amendment or an axe to grind against religion would claim that such a slogan poses a threat or is in any way unconstitutional."

Keli'i Akina speaks with Tom and Cindy Bauer of Surfing the Nations about the incredible transformation in Wahiawa....

Normally she keeps her cult connections under wraps, but Butler's need to assert himself in internal Krishna politics likely forced her hand on this....

Host Keli'i Akina speaks with Pastor Robb Finberg about the intention/design of the Aloha Heritage Center of Hawaii....

...The Marquesas Islands...The Hawaiians Send a Mission to Them....

Evangelical Protestants are becoming less white....

At 6:10 a.m. Thursday (February 26), Kona Patrol officers responded to a report of a fire at the Seventh Day Adventist Church in Captain Cook....

Church attendance provides ties that bind members to their communities, and research shows that at the individual level, those who are most religious have higher well-being than those who are less religious....

...“coexist,” written on a wall using a Muslim crescent as the letter “C,” a Star of David as the letter “X,” and a Christian cross as a “T.”....

Saturday, January 31, 2015 @ Kewalo Basin Park- check in 6:30 am- start @ 7:00 am....

Hawaii remains at the bottom of the list for voter registration and turnout....

“The only thing these churches have done is serve the schools and bring great benefit to their surrounding communities. They don’t deserve to be dragged through court any longer by two people who are seeking financial gain by attacking these congregations.”

Honolulu City Lights will celebrate three decades of tree lightings and holiday fun on Saturday, Dec. 6, starting at 6 p.m. at Honolulu Hale....

Ministers face a 180-day jail term and $1,000 fine for each day they decline to celebrate the same-sex wedding....

...a statement agreeing that the IRS should not control the content of a pastor’s sermon....

...Kahle and Huber moved from Hawaii to Norton Shores (MI) last year....

The Hawaii Family Forum/Hawaii Catholic Conference voter guide for the General Election is now available.... 

... holding the Research Institute for Hawaii USA (RIH), and its CEO Christopher Damon Haig, liable for religious and sexual harassment ....

...Ideology has no basis in evidence or reason. It is based in a core set of beliefs, just like religion....

Applications must be received by this Friday, August 29 before 4:30 p.m. at the Mission Memorial Building next to Honolulu Hale, 550 South King St....

The pitch of public controversy surrounding cultural issues...can give the impression that we live in an intractably divided society with incompatible differences.  But the Hobby Lobby decision suggests that such a tone is overwrought....

Schatz is among several Senate Democrats trying to counter the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in the Hobby Lobby case....

• Dole Cannery 18 Honolulu
• Pearl Highlands 12 Pearl City
• Keauhou Cinemas 7 Kailua Kona
• Maui Mall Megaplex 12 Kahului

dozens rallied Saturday at the capitol to promote voter registration in churches and to defend religious freedom....

We ask all those who are not already registered to fill out a voter registration application, which will be made available to you at Mass the weekend of June 21/22....

Azerbaijan has launched an unusual campaign to win influence among U.S. lawmakers, teaming up with a Turkish guru in exile and the sister of Texas Gov. Rick Perry....

A Hawaii court decided Tuesday to dismiss most of a renewed lawsuit against two Oahu churches....

...U.S. Supreme Court held that town council meetings could open with a prayer without violating the First Amendment’s Establishment Clause....

“As a practice that has long endured, legislative prayer has become part of our heritage and tradition...That a prayer is given in the name of Jesus, Allah, or Jehovah, or that it makes passing references to religious doctrines, does not remove it from that tradition.” -- US Supreme Court

...atheists are once again falsely accusing the two churches, One Love Ministries and Calvary Chapel Central Oahu, of defrauding the government even though the court dismissed their claims earlier this year....

Two dozen civil lawsuits have been filed during the past two years in what state lawmakers initially intended as a one-time opportunity....

Speaker brings anti-bullying message to isles: Nick Vujicic, born without arms or legs, will stop on Oahu, Maui and Kauai to begin a national tour....

...human flourishing requires more than material prosperity. Spiritual development and ethical leadership are indispensable....

...18 voted to bring the bill to a floor vote and 28 voted to recommit the bill to the committee where it is dead for this session....

...alleged victims of homosexual child molestation who give a very clear description of how homosexual child molesters single out and groom boys....

...any church or religious organization holding services at a state or county facility (such as a public school cafeteria or auditorium) could not deny services such as a same-sex marriage....

The two atheists can amend their complaint within 45 days of the dismissal order....

See what happens when people of faith actively participate in the electoral process....