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Bob McDermott on Civil Rights
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In Hawaii, we are all minorities to one degree or another
I think Hawaii is truly a color-blind society. The spirit of aloha and ohana [welcome and family] permeate our daily lives.
In Hawaii, we are all minorities to one degree or another. For example, my wife and I are a bi-racial couple who have been married for 35 years, with eight bi-racial children.
Source: Honolulu Civil Beat on 2022 Hawaii Senate race
, Sep 26, 2020
Amendment for marriage only by opposite-sex couples
Another legislative session in Hawaii, another season of Bob McDermott exposing himself and his sexual obsessions in the public square. Among the bills he's introduced this session is a Constitutional Amendment to 'reserve marriage to opposite-sex
couples,' despite the fact that marriage equality was passed by an overwhelming majority in the Hawaii State Legislature and is now the law of the land as a result of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling.Another would redefine the term 'place of public
accommodation' to allow any religiously-affiliated organization--including hotels, restaurants, movie theaters, hospitals, retail stores, even mortuaries--to deny services to LGBT people. Neither bill has a single co-sponsor.
McDermott is leading opposition to a bill to ban public school teachers from promoting 'gay conversion therapy,' a practice discredited by all leading national medical and psychological authorities because it is ineffective, risky, and can be harmful.
Source: Huffington Post on 2018 Hawaii Governor race
, Feb 9, 2016
2013: Sued to stop gay marriage going into effect in Hawaii
State Rep. Bob McDermott has filed a new motion to ask Circuit Court Judge Karl Sakamoto to reconsider "a serious constitutional issue." Monday is the day when marriage licenses become available for same-sex couples. Sakamoto rejected
McDermott's lawsuit to stop gay marriage in Hawaii on Nov. 14, a day after the historic legislation was signed into law. The judge said the Legislature has the authority to define marriage.
Source: Honolulu Civil Beat on 2022 Hawaii Senate race
, Nov 27, 2013
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