In 1998, a young Tulsi Gabbard held a traditional-marriage poster on the street and went door-to-door with thousands other supporters like myself, campaigning to ban homosexual marriage in Hawaii.

Her father, a former Republican and now Democrat Mike Gabbard, led the victory charge islandwide.

The election result was a victory for traditional marriage. Hawaii voters voted to ban homosexual marriage in this state. However, Democratic lawmakers ignored the election results and in a special legislative session called by Gov. Neil Abercrombie, voted to allow homosexual marriage in Hawaii.

Gabbard’s apologizing to the homosexual and lesbian community in a prepared video is a stab in the back to those traditional- marriage supporters who worked very hard to prevent homosexual marriage from taking root in Hawaii.

Melvin Partido Sr.

Pearl City

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