Hawaii
Curtis Kekoa III
December 16, 2005
Honolulu, Hawaii -- Last week I was in Hawaii with my wife and kids to celebrate my Hawaiian
grandfather's 85th birthday. Hence, the name "Kekoa." It had been a while since I had been in Hawaii
- over ten years - but my wife and kids had never been. So, we were all quite fortunate to be in the
place my wife described as the "Second Eden." Of course, the fortune was ten-fold because my
entire family was there - most of which live in Hawai'i - including uncles, aunties and cousins I hadn't
seen for some time in addition to new family members who married into the clan as did my wife.
Before we arrived in Hawaii, however, I told my wife that the air in Hawaii was a sweet aroma, a sort of
looming pleasantness. Of course, Danielle, wasn't disappointed when she stepped off the plane and
confirmed the sweet scent of Hawaii as well as its exotic plant-life, majestic mountains, white-sand
beaches, crystal clear waters, perfect all-day-and-night temperature and not least of all, its wonderfully
hospitable people - the Hawaiians.
In between birthday parties, family reunions and sunny excursions to and from several local beaches,
Danielle and I managed to visit Honolulu at night for some "alone time" - no kids - and spy out the
Waikiki scene as well as the "Honolulu City Lights," a time when some of the city's buildings were
wonderfully decorated with lights and Christmas regalia. We were looking forward to enjoying the
"City Lights," operated by the City and County of Honolulu.
Hawaii, although just eight islands peacefully isolated in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, is an
extremely liberal state. Honolulu, Hawaii's capital nestled along the southern shore of the Island Oahu,
is just as liberal if not more so than the entire state. And despite the Hawaiian peoples' proclivities to
kindness, generosity and the spirit of "Aloha," the spirit of liberalism, too, is present throughout
Hawaiian culture. It was most unfortunate for Danielle and I to have Hawaii's beauty and wonder -
which captured us entirely - tainted by liberalism square in the middle of touring the Honolulu City
Lights.
After gazing at a beautifully lit Christmas tree, we almost stumbled - literally - upon a display which
marred the festive scene and forever etched a negative memory of Hawaii into our minds: The display
"All You Need Is Love," sponsored by Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG), which
mocked God by embracing the abomination which is homosexuality. The display consisted of
multi-colored boxes, poinsettias and a glowing deer surrounding a gaudy, multi-colored "cone" meant
to resemble a Christmas tree. Although bizarre enough, PFLAG's motto was even more queer (pun
intended): "Support. Educate. Advocate. All you need is love to support equality and justice for all."
My wife and I were stunned but not because of the display's content. Displays as ugly and ungodly as
this one were not new to us mainland folk, not by a long shot. We've seen worse. Actually, what
stunned us was that we did not expect, naively so, such a gross and utterly despicable display of
rebellion to God in what is arguably one of His most awesome creations during a time which
celebrated His birth.
But the God-hating display of PFLAG was not without another display which honored God and His
authority over the United States. Sponsored by the Hawaiian-borne organization Stand Up For
America (SUFA), the display "One Nation Under God" presented not only a bold silhouette of America
"Under God" but also wished "Lord Jesus" a "Happy Birthday." The SUFA display was an
appropriate counter to the unholy spectacle submitted by unrepentant homosexuals and supporters of
PFLAG.
There was, however, one other scene which stood in the background of PFLAG's display. The
Nativity, ever so humble with its depiction of a newborn baby, Jesus Christ the Savior of the world,
swaddled, in a manger and worshipped as King, served as the righteous antithesis to PFLAG's
fantasy declaring matters of love. Where PFLAG wrongly asserts that love is all that is needed for
equality and justice for homosexuals and their ilk to continue defying God, the birth of Christ represents
God's True Love by which He suffered unjustly and shouldered unfathomable inequity so that all
sinners - homosexuals, adulterers, fornicators, liars, idolaters - could receive forgiveness from God
when forgiveness was never deserved, and in the case of PFLAG, not wanted. This is True Love. The
message of PFLAG is a love which seeks its own and celebrates the sin of homosexuality. The
message of the Nativity is love which suffers long and endures all for the salvation of those who are
persecutors of Christ and love which does not take part in sin but rather seeks to deliver all from sin by
the Truth which is Jesus Christ. PFLAG embraces perversion, not love, which destroys. Christ,
however, is love.
It amazed my wife and I to observe the juxtaposition of PFLAG's lie and God's Truth. It was as if
PFLAG - with its flaringly obnoxious color-scheme which failed to retain the loyalties of onlookers even
when combined with secular components of an increasingly secular "holiday" - was clamoring for
attention like a needy child from all passersby, annoyingly raucous in its blustering of a "love" which
could not be identified, fearful and hateful of the quiet scene of the virgin-birth which lay in the distance.
For all its wicked efforts, however, the shameful PFLAG could not censor nor overpower the subtle yet
real and irresistible message of a True Love born two-thousand years ago in a stable, lying in a
manger. Interestingly, such is not as flashy or inane as a deer with blinking lights and a red-tipped,
coned-shaped tent.
What were the homos at PFLAG thinking? Only the thoughts of depraved minds, obviously. The more
important question is, Will the Hawaiian people continue to subject their beautiful culture and land to
the destructive nature of homosexuality? One hopes not for the sakes of all in the Islands.
It's just ugly.
"DUHMAG.COM"
2005
