HAWAI’I: BASTARD NATION THANKS GOV. LINDA LINGLE

Below is Bastard Nation’s letter of thanks to Hawai’i Governor Linda Lingle for standing up for the rights of family and identity in Hawai’i. A slightly different letter has been sent to legislators who opposed the override. The Honorable Linda LingleGovernor, State of Hawai`iExecutiveChambersState Capitol Honolulu, Hawai’ i 96813 July 17, 2007 Dear Governor Lingle: Bastard Nation: the Adoptee Rights Organization thanks you for opposing HB1830, the so-called “safe haven” law. Baby abandonment and neonaticide are serious matters. So are identity erasure through unsound child welfare and surrender practice, the subversion of ethical adoption policy, the circumvention of parental rights (especially fathers rights) and the abrogation of traditional Hawai’an culture and hanai. HB 1830 “fixes” something that isn’t broken. As Honolulu blogger Mel wrote after the override, “HB 1830 is a bill looking for a problem to happen.” Newborns are seldom discarded in Hawai’i.If “safe haven” history is any indication of what will happen next in Hawai’I, expect to see newborns dressed in Baby Gap, accompanied with binkies, stuffed animals, a supply of diapers, and loving notes from supposedly murderous “desperate mothers” appear soon and mysteriously at emergency rooms and fire stations. Pregnant women and new parents considering an adoption Continue Reading →

HAWAI’I: THANK GOV. LINGLE AND LEGGIES

Linda Lingle is the only governor who gets it. She knows that so-called safe haven laws are bad for children, bad for families—and bad for ethical child placement., Bucking tremendous political pressure from anonymous-baby harvesters and political partisans, she twice vetoed baby dump bills. Thank Governor Lingle for sticking to her guns and standing up for the identity rights of Hawai’ans and opposing the abrogation of native Hawai’ian civil rights and tradition. We’ll post our letter here shortly. The Honorable Linda LingleGovernor, State of Hawai`iExecutiveChambersState CapitolHonolulu, Hawai`i96813e-mail: [email protected] Also thank those House and Senate members who stood with Gov. Lingle and us and votoed against the veto override. Rep. Corrine W. L. ChingHawaii State Capitol, Room 330415 South Beretania StreetHonolulu, HI96813 phone ; fax E-mail [email protected] Rep. Lynn FinneganHouse Republican Leader32nd RepresentativeDistrictHawaiiState Capitol, Room 328415 South Beretania StreetHonolulu, HI96813 phone ; fax E-mail [email protected] Rep. Colleen MeyerMinority Floor Leader47th RepresentativeDistrictHawaiiState Capitol, Room 333415 South Beretania StreetHonolulu, HI96813 phone ; fax E-mail [email protected] Rep. Kymberly Marcos PineHawaii State Capitol, Room 317415 South Beretania StreetHonolulu, HI96813 phone ; fax E-mail [email protected] Rep. Alex M SonsonHawaii State Capitol, Room 323415 South Beretania StreetHonolulu, HI96813 phone ; fax E-mail [email protected](note: crossed party lines to Continue Reading →