TMT - Contested Case Hearing Status - Hilo

[kalakoa]

try and establish that religious and "sacred" use should trump all other uses

My religion directs me to study the heavens for sacred inspiration, and stipulates that I should make use of any and all modern conveniences to accomplish this directive.

I therefore require not only access to the summit (via maintained roadway, which need not be paved) but also telescopes which are large enough to detect these sacred artifacts.

For these are not just "stars", their patterns and magnitudes convey the wisdom of the gods; we are not alone, here on our little rock, merely flung to the far reaches, in order to see if we will find our way back home.

That these "protectors" would prevent this ... is sacrilege, a desecration of our species.