What we have witnessed this week is a revival of Hawaii’s secular religion. Make no mistake about it; it is, indeed, a religion.
The chief point of dogma of this secular religion is tolerance… except, of course, for the majority. Intolerance of the majority is a test of fellowship. Adherents of the new faith are required to — above all — have disdain for Christians, those judgmental, narrow-minded, superstitious, people who base their morality on a centuries old fable and impose their beliefs on others. That’s what they believe. I know, because I heard it all week.
They have worship music, of course. Katy Perry’s “I Kissed a Girl” is an old favorite, and Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way” is the benediction. They worship at the altar of diversity and sacrifice timeless values to the god of equality.
Today that religion moved one step closer to becoming the official faith of Hawaii.
That buzzing sound you hear is Queen Liliuokalani spinning like a lathe in the Royal Mausoleum.