“Peace cannot exist without justice, justice cannot exist without fairness, fairness cannot exist without development, development cannot exist without democracy, democracy cannot exist without respect for the identity and worth of cultures and peoples.” ~ Rigoberta Menchú Tum

1. MAUNA KEA
IN MANY WAYS, WE HAVE FAILED THE MOUNTAIN
WHETHER YOU SEE IT FROM A CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE OR FROM
A NATURAL RESOURCE PERSPECTIVE, WE HAVE NOT DONE RIGHT
BY A VERY SPECIAL PLACE AND WE MUST ACT IMMEDIATELY TO
CHANGE THAT
~ Governor David Ige
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To the extent that the belief that Mauna Kea is sacred -- too sacred to
allow large structures -- is a religious belief. Under the federal and
state constitutions, a group's religious beliefs cannot be given veto
power over the use of public land.
~ Suzanne Case, Chair, Hawaii Board of Land and Natural Resources
Source: Hawaii land board allows TMT construction to move forward.
By Ashley Nagaoka. Hawaii News Now. September 29, 2017, accessed
December 10, 2017 http://m.hawaiinewsnow.com/hawaiinewsnow/db_/contentdetail.htm?
full=true&contentguid=od%3aA1HzMT05&pn=&ps=#display
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CULTURE AND RELIGION
The main diference between culture and religion is that culture is based on the
shared values of human being, its tend to be manmade while religion is wholly
associated with the God, The Creator and most of the religion in the world
claims their religion come from God side.

2. Culture is the shared values of knowledge, belief, thoughts, customs, ideas,
habits, and many other relevant things that are common between the members
of a specifc society.
Culture is also uses to defne the complex networks of practices and
accumulated knowledge and ideas that is transmitted via social interaction and
exist in specifc human groups or cultures. Some aspects of human behaviours
like language, social practices like kinship, gender and marriage, expressive
forms like music, dance, ritual, religion, and technologies like cooking, shelter,
clothing are called to be cultural universals, usually found in all human
societies. Culture is diferent from community to community, region to region,
or country to country.
Religion means the organised collection of beliefs, myths, and world views that
related humanity with each other to an order of existence. Many religions have
their own narratives, and symbols that explain the meaning, and origin of life
or universe in their own way. The practice of religion includes rituals, sermons,
veneration, sacrifces, festivals, feasts, funerary services, matrimonial services,
prayer, dance, music, public services, or other aspects of human culture.
Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, etc. are some common
examples of religion. Every religion has its own spiritual leader or messenger.
Source: Diference between Culture and Religion DiferenceBtw.com. May 1, 2015,
accessed December 10, 2017 https://www.diferencebtw.com/diference-between-culture-and-religion/
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Separation of Church and State
State of Hawaii Interfaith Connection
BREAKING DOWN BARRIERS
GOVERNOR NEIL ABERCROMBIE AND THE HAWAII LEGISLATURE

3. Gov. Msg. No. 1207
This is to inform you that on June 08, 2012, the following bill was signed into law:
SB2804 SD2 HD2 CD1. Relating To The Hawaii Interagency Council On
Homelessness. Act 105 (12)
NEIL ABERCROMBIE
Governor, State of Hawaii
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2015 Hawaii Revised Statutes
TITLE 20. SOCIAL SERVICES
346. Department of Human Services
346-382 Membership
§346-382 Membership. (a) The Hawaii interagency council on homelessness shall be
composed of the following members or the member's designee:
(1) Governor's coordinator on homelessness, who shall serve as chair;
(2) Director of human services;
(3) Administrator of the homeless programs ofce of the department of
human services;
(4) Director of health;
(5) Director of labor and industrial relations;
(6) Director of public safety;
(7) Director of business, economic development, and tourism;
(8) Chairperson of the Hawaiian homes commission;
(9) Adjutant general;

4. (10) Chairperson of the board of trustees of the ofce of Hawaiian afairs;
(11) Attorney general;
(12) Superintendent of education;
(13) Two members of the house of representatives to be designated by the
speaker of the house of representatives, of whom one member shall be
designated by the speaker of the house of representatives to serve as an
alternate member on the Hawaii interagency council on homelessness to
serve in the other member's absence;
(14) Two members of the senate to be designated by the president of th
senate, of whom one member shall be designated by the president of the
senate to serve as an alternate member on the Hawaii interagency
council on homelessness to serve in the other member's absence;
(15) A representative of the Hawaii public housing authority;
(16) The mayor of each county;
(17) A representative of the continuum of care programs in each county, to be
designated by the respective mayors;
(18) A representative of the United States Department of Veterans Afairs who
shall be requested to serve by the governor;
(19) A representative from the Ofce of Community Planning and Development,
United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, who shall
be requested to serve by the governor;
(20) A representative of a faith-based organization with interfaith
relationships, to be designated by the governor; and
(21) A representative of the business community, to be designated by the
governor.

5. IT’S NOT NECESSARY TO BELIEVE IN GOD TO BE MORAL
Most U.S. adults now say it is not necessary to believe in God to be moral
and have good values (56%), up from about half (49%) who expressed this
view in 2011. This increase refects the continued growth in the share of
the population that has no religious afliation, but it also is the result of
changing attitudes among those who do identify with a religion, including
white evangelical Protestants.
[T]he public’s increased rejection of the idea that belief in God is
necessary for morality is due, in large part, to the spike in the share of
Americans who are religious “nones.”
Source: A growing share of Americans say it’s not necessary to believe in
God to be moral By Gregory A. Smith. Pew Research Center. October 16,
2017, accessed December 10, 2017 http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/10/16/a-
growing-share-of-americans-say-its-not-necessary-to-believe-in-god-to-be-moral/
“ANCIENT HAWAIIANS WERE ASTRONOMERS”
~ Queen Liliuokalani 1879