‘A sensible plan’ ADVERTISING ‘A sensible plan’ Mahalo to Chris D’Angelo and Tom Callis for their May 27 articles on Gov. David Ige’s Mauna Kea plan. The governor has proposed a sensible plan to address the controversy surrounding the proposed
‘A sensible plan’
Mahalo to Chris D’Angelo and Tom Callis for their May 27 articles on Gov. David Ige’s Mauna Kea plan.
The governor has proposed a sensible plan to address the controversy surrounding the proposed construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope.
This plan should provide the basis for a discussion that men and women of goodwill can use to work for a constructive solution that will permit the TMT to be built.
David Hudson
Hilo
Types of marriage
People who oppose same-sex marriage should read this.
Traditional marriage, as we know it today, only dates back a few hundred years. There were/are many other types of marriage.
1. Arranged marriage: This dates back thousands of years and still happens in some countries, where people are married for financial reasons/family ties.
2. Family inter-marriage: Many families throughout history married their cousins. In fact, in the Bible, Abraham marries his sister.
3. Lots of wives: This happened for millions of years. In fact, it still happens today. Marriage between one man and as many women as he can afford.
4. Marriage in church: This dates back about 500 years. So for thousands of years, people exchanged vows to each other, and not to God or a priest. In fact, in the Old Testament, all of the chosen people of God (from Moses on down) were not married in church, and all of them had many wives (including slave wives — remember the sin of Pharaoh, and why God punished Egypt?), and none of the prophets of the Old Testament had a “traditional marriage, between one man and one woman.”
5. Marriage based on love: This dates back about 250 years.
6. Marriage equality: Dates back about 45 years. If you are 45 or older, you lived in a time when marital rape was legal.
7. Wife as property: If your wife was injured or killed, a man could sue the responsible party for depriving him of “services around the home.” This was legal in your lifetime, if you’re over 40.
8. Marrying a child: This was common for thousands of years and still happens today. It happened in America up until the beginning of the 20th century.
9. The 10 Commandments: If you work for money on a Sunday, you broke God’s commandment, but if you are gay and get married, you did not break God’s commandment.
For the people trying to make a biblical argument, read the Bible; none of the prophets in the Old Testament were married in a church or were faithful to their wives. They committed adultery (according to Jesus), and their marriage was NOT between one man and one woman.
Go with God, and not
with hatred, or one day you may find yourself down below.
Dennis Chaquette
Keaau
