Tiki as Religion - General Tiki

C christiki295 Member LA-2547 mls east Hawaii &5500 Easter Is Joined: Apr 09, 2003 Posts: 3837	C christiki295 Posted posted on Sun, Apr 6, 2008 7:01 PM On 2008-04-06 15:57, Kaiwaza wrote: In an interesting case on Oahu a few years ago, when students erected a large tiki on school property, and small gifts were left before it, the school told them to take it down, as it was a religious symbol. The courts then rule that, no, tikis are a cultural symbol and the tiki remained. I've seriously never quite understood the logic of this decision (Does this mean we can erect Our Virgin of Guadeloupe statues around school as "cultural symbols"?), but there you have it. Officially, according to the courts of the land, tiki is CULTURE, not RELIGION. I like the distinction between the unique historical culture of native Hawaiians as opposed to international religious beliefs,such as Catholism which would include images of "Virgin" Guadalupe. Do you know the name of the case?

On 2008-04-06 15:57, Kaiwaza wrote:
In an interesting case on Oahu a few years ago, when students erected a large tiki on school property, and small gifts were left before it, the school told them to take it down, as it was a religious symbol. The courts then rule that, no, tikis are a cultural symbol and the tiki remained. I've seriously never quite understood the logic of this decision (Does this mean we can erect Our Virgin of Guadeloupe statues around school as "cultural symbols"?), but there you have it. Officially, according to the courts of the land, tiki is CULTURE, not RELIGION.

I like the distinction between the unique historical culture of native Hawaiians as opposed to international religious beliefs,such as Catholism which would include images of "Virgin" Guadalupe.

Do you know the name of the case?

Post #372068 by christiki295 on Sun, Apr 6, 2008 7:01 PM