08-20-2019, 11:48 AM
Punatic007 - Because it's unconstitutional. We are all equal under the law. No special privileges for anyone, in the eyes of the law.
Um, HI State Constitution, Article XII says otherwise (e.g. I don't have any rights to access undeveloped private property to practice traditional gathering)
"The State and its people do further agree and declare that the spirit of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act looking to the continuance of the Hawaiian homes projects for the further rehabilitation of the Hawaiian race shall be faithfully carried out.
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The State reaffirms and shall protect all rights, customarily and traditionally exercised for subsistence, cultural and religious purposes and possessed by ahupua'a tenants who are descendants of native Hawaiians who inhabited the Hawaiian Islands prior to 1778, subject to the right of the State to regulate such rights."
Um, HI State Constitution, Article XII says otherwise (e.g. I don't have any rights to access undeveloped private property to practice traditional gathering)
"The State and its people do further agree and declare that the spirit of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act looking to the continuance of the Hawaiian homes projects for the further rehabilitation of the Hawaiian race shall be faithfully carried out.
...
The State reaffirms and shall protect all rights, customarily and traditionally exercised for subsistence, cultural and religious purposes and possessed by ahupua'a tenants who are descendants of native Hawaiians who inhabited the Hawaiian Islands prior to 1778, subject to the right of the State to regulate such rights."