Governor Green is spending your tax dollars lobbying for Big Pharma while legislating in Hawaii to take away your religious freedoms.
SB1437 & HB1118 threaten to remove religious exemptions from the already draconian immunization requirements for school-aged children.
Despite an overwhelming number of voices in opposition to the stripping away of religious freedoms, our “representatives” voted to pass the bill to the next committee.
Let the Democrats who voted AYE know how you feel about their comments:
Chair of the Committee
Gregg Takayama
808-586-6340
Terez Amato
808-586-8525
Ikaika Olds
808-586-8515
Lisa Marten
808-586-9450
Let the Republicans who voted NO on this Bill know that you appreciate their vote:
Diamond Garcia
808-586-8500
David Alcos III
808-586-6080
If these drugs were so useful, they would not need to be implemented by force. Sadly, the exemption is barely there as it stands. Many of Hawaii’s families chose to remain out of the system even after Covid rule was lifted, because what that “emergency” showed them is that the State does not want to protect them, but to control them. They don't want to respect you, they want to demand of you. They don't want to serve, they want to rule.
With the proposed legislation, what little protections parents have left, will be struck through:
”If any parent, custodian, guardian, or any other person in loco parentis to a child objects to immunization in writing on the grounds that the immunization conflicts with that person's bona fide religious tenets and practices. Upon showing the appropriate school official satisfactory evidence of the exemption, no certificate or other evidence of immunization shall be required for entry into school].“
The above text makes the only remaining approved medical exemption to be through an already compromised and conflicted healthcare provider’s signature of approval.
Are we supposed to take the word of Dr. Josh Green that he knows what’s best for our keiki while he simultaneously attacks what little medical choice for parents remains in Hawaii? Are our representatives are truly representing us, or are they merely a tool in the governor’s hands?
The governor has already admitted he has no faith in Hawaii’s ability to handle emergencies, and his track record matches such statements. Yet conversely he thinks he thinks he’s a guru on communicable diseases and State emergencies.
Josh Green is also an elected representative of the people of Hawaii. It is his job to speak for all Hawaiian residents. He should be held accountable for wielding this power against the people who put him into office. He should be upholding and fighting for our rights, not undermining and attacking them.
Our people are dying on the vine. homelessness has skyrocketed, violent crime has risen, and Josh Green’s “remedies” have consistently been to regulate more and to strip away our inherent rights.
He’s been fighting in Washington against every notion of slashing bloat, protecting our freedoms, and putting the affairs of the State back into the hand of the State. And he’s doing so by using funds raised by theft through taxation.
Enough is enough. SB1437 & HB1118 should continue to be vehemently opposed, and representatives need to know what a breach of trust such proposed injustices are for all Hawaiians.
Take Action Now to stop SB1437 & HB1118 from taking effect.
