Republican Honolulu council member Charles Djou, who won Saturday’s special congressional election in Hawaii, was the least gay-friendly of the three leading candidates looking to fill the seat vacated by Democratic Neil Abercrombie, who left Congress to run for governor.
In fact, Djou was the only candidate to come out against the state’s civil unions bill, which is currently awaiting a decision from Governor Linda Lingle. He issued a statement saying that one of his Democratic rivals, state senate president Colleen Hanabusa, had “blatantly ignored the will” of Hawaii residents by supporting civil unions.
“Hawaii voters have spoken very clearly in support of traditional marriage,” he added, referring to a 1998 constitutional amendment that allowed legislators to ban marriage equality, which they did. Djou also supports the antigay Defense of Marriage Act, the Associated Press reports.
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This is what happens when Democrats can’t make up our minds and do nothing. Radical anti-gay activists win and then redefine homophobia as “will of the people” and “tradition.” The good news is that he’s up for election again this November and if we get our act together, he will be history.