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Religion Briefs
Star-Bulletin staff &
Associated Press
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HAWAII
Buddhist leader to speak on spirituality
The president of a mainland organization that works to develop Buddhism in America will be a guest speaker at an Oahu seminar next weekend.
The Rev. Koyo Kubose will speak about developing everyday spirituality at the lecture at 7:30 p.m. May 7 at the Wahiawa Hongwanji Mission, 1067 California Ave.
Kubose is president of the Kubose Dharma Legacy, a nonprofit educational organization named for his father, the Rev. Gyomay M. Kubose. He was formerly a minister at the Buddhist Temple of Chicago, founded by his father, and has taught at the University of North Carolina, the University of Hawaii and in the University of Wisconsin system.
He is the author of "Bright Dawn," a book that explores personal Buddhist spirituality.
NATION
Definition of marriage in Constitution urged
WASHINGTON » A broad coalition of religious leaders is appealing for an amendment to the U.S. Constitution defining marriage nationwide as "the exclusive union of one man and one woman."
The 50 founders of the Religious Coalition for Marriage urged citizen action Monday to support an amendment that is scheduled for a June vote in the U.S. Senate. They said this is the only way to protect marriage from those who would "circumvent the legislative process and force a redefinition" upon the whole of society.
The groups represented were already on record as opposing same-sex marriage but had not shown a united political front on the issue.
Endorsers included seven Roman Catholic cardinals; top officials from the Lutheran Church -- Missouri Synod, National Association of Evangelicals, Southern Baptist Convention and Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations; the two major Eastern Orthodox hierarchs; one of the Mormon Church's 12 apostles; prominent black and Hispanic Protestants; and evangelical personalities like Charles Colson, James Dobson, D. James Kennedy and Rick Warren.
The "mainline" Protestant supporters represented evangelical caucuses, not denominational leadership. Muslims and liberal Jews were notably missing.
