Posted Sun. July 30: Hawaii State Teachers Assocation (HSTA) opposes tuition vouchers. Karen Ginoza, President of the union of Hawaii's public school teachers, is exploring legal avenues to thwart last Thursday's U.S. Supreme Court ruling that legalized tuition vouchers which, in effect, opens the door for the use of taxpayers funding of private religious schools. Americans United has inquired about the legal steps the HSTA may be taking to protect the Constitution of the United States in view of the Supreme Court's obvious negligence and possible malfeasance in this area. # # #

 

Posted, Thurs. July 26: Americans United Supports Pledge of Allegiance. Click Here for the Americans United press release on this issue. The bottom line is that Americans United believes in an all-inclusive United States of America and supports the right of all Americans to "Pledge Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America," and that includes loyal Americans who believe in deities other than the Judeo-Christian God as well as loyal Americans who are non-Christian, atheists, agnostics or pantheists.

Many Hawaii warriors who died on the battlefield defending the Constitution of the United States were non-Christian and would obviously applaud the Federal Appeals court opinion which, in effect, would prefer restoring the Pledge to its pre-1954 wording.

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Posted, Thurs. June 12: Oahu Chapter Formation Effort in July
9/11 Third Quarter Meeting; Dec. 13 Annual Membership Meeting (tentative)

The AU-Hawaii Board, at it's second quarterly meeting on June 12, agreed to support another effort to get an Oahu Chapter formed ahead of upcoming Statewide Board of Education elections in November. Present were 1st VP Rev. Donald Swerdfeger, Treasurer, Bob Akamine, Secretary, Anson Chong, Priscilla Swerdfeger and President, Ed Clark.

This new chapter formation effort involves long-distance phone calls, a special mail out and a recruiting trip by Ed Clark to Oahu next month.. Be sure to check your regular mail for this special July newsletter for details !

The board also set a Sept. 11 (easy to remember) date for the third quarterly open meeting at Ed's house (all members and guests welcome). Our fourth annual membership meeting is tentatively set for Dec. 13, most likely at a Wailoa Park Pavillion. Details are being worked out by Bob Akamine and will be duly reported here.

Other matters covered at our second quarterly meeting are posted in the Members Only AU-Hawaii Groups site. For entry, click on the Groups button at our main AU-Hawaii page.

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