Thank you, Rep Kawakami

Rep Derek Kawakami of Kauai noted in his comments in support of SB-1, the Hawaii equal marriage bill, that there is only one time is is proper to look down on someone. That one time is when you at standing over someone, helping them up when they fall.

The opponents of equal civil marriage do not understand this, and go out of their way to put down and denigrate Gay and Lesbian persons.

Here's hoping that Hawai'i completes the work begun in 1993 with Baehr v Miike, sadly sidetracked for the past 15 years through the 1998 amendment.

Rep Kawakami, you are a saint and a hero.