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TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE, 2008 |
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SENATE CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION
supporting the efforts of the All Believers Network to establish the statewide interfaith steering committee to explore the possibility of organizing a major international interfaith conference in Hawaii to take place by 2011.
WHEREAS, much of the violence in the world arises out of conflict and misunderstanding between different religious faiths; and
WHEREAS, an effective means for minimizing misunderstandings between different religious faiths is to promote open channels of communication between the various religious faiths; and
WHEREAS, the Council for a Parliament of World's Religions is having its quintennial meeting in Sydney, Australia in December of 2009, which will have an estimated eight to twelve thousand participants; and
WHEREAS, the Legislature has received proposals for pursuing a similar meeting of religious scholars and leaders in Hawaii in 2011; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the Twenty-fourth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2008, the House of Representatives concurring, that the Legislature supports the efforts of the All Believers Network to establish the statewide interfaith steering committee; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that in establishing the statewide interfaith steering committee, the All Believers Network is encouraged to make every effort to include representatives of the various religious and interfaith organizations and groups existing in Hawaii, including but not limited to: Baha'i, Buddhism, Christianity, Church Women United, Confucianism, Daoism, Hawaiian Spirituality, Hinduism, Islam, Knights of Columbus, Jainism, Judaism, Mokichi Okada Association, Native Americans, Church of Perfect Liberty, Quakers, Risshio Kosei Kai, the Salvation Army, Seichi-No Ie, Shinnyo-En, Shinto, Sikhism, Sufism, Unitarian Universalism, Unity, Zoroastrianism, All Believers Network, the Interfaith Alliance, and the Open Table; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that members of the statewide interfaith steering committee are requested to select a chairperson from amongst its members; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the purpose of the statewide interfaith steering committee shall be to develop and promote interfaith activities to further relations between various religious faiths; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the statewide interfaith steering committee is requested to explore the possibility of organizing a major international interfaith conference in Hawaii to take place by 2011; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the statewide interfaith steering committee is requested to convey to the Legislature no later than December 2010, the results of its efforts to organize a major international interfaith conference in Hawaii to take place by 2011; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a certified copy of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the All Believers Network, and that the All Believers Network transmit copies to the various religious and interfaith organizations and groups named in this Concurrent Resolution.
Statewide Interfaith Steering Committee