Copying information below. Last year both houses of the Hawaii Legislature overwhelmingly passed HB 2312 to define and protect traditional marriage. Certainly, marriage laws do discriminate against all single people, homosexual or heterosexual, but homosexuals do not endeavor to join the cause with other affected citizens to remedy such inequities in the legal system. Gay rights advocates approach the debate by analogizing their status to that of racial or ethnic minorities.
Skin color is a benign, non-behavioral characteristic.
Sexual orientation is perhaps the most profound of human behavioral characteristics. Once marriage is available to homosexuals, there is no rational argument for withholding it from others who may desire to marry but cannot do so because of consanguinity, age, marital status or other impediments laid down by current law. The policy makers of Hawaii have an obligation to protect and preserve the institution of marriage because it has been the cornerstone of civilization for millennia. This is likely to increase the risk that more children will practice morally objectionable and unhealthy sexual behavior. This article originally appeared in the Hawaii Bar Journal, February 1995, and in Stop Promoting Homosexuality America, POB 27843, Honolulu HI 96827.