To be fair, Hawaii Lt. Governor Duke Aiona claimed to belong to Transformation Hawaii in July 2008. But Aiona was also onstage in November 2009 to enthusiastically endorse ITN's CEO Ed Silvoso...
Running against former Democratic Congressional Representative Neal Abercrombie to be Hawaii's next governor, Republican Lt. Governor James "Duke" Aiona has disavowed his relationship with an international evangelical ministry called the International Transformation Network, whose leaders advocate burning religious artifacts and native art. But in newly discovered video footage from 2008, Aiona enthusiastically stated that he was indeed a member of the ITN's Hawaii chapter, Transformation Hawaii. ITN leaders claim to fight "witchcraft" and burn native art, depict non-charismatic Catholics as damned, try to cure HIV and AIDS with faith healing, and allege homosexuals are possessed by demon spirits.
Hawaii media covered Aiona's relationship with the ITN in May 2010 when Hawaii environmental activist and radio show host Carroll Cox filed an ethics complaint [link to PDF file of complaint] against Lt. Governor Aiona for accepting over $7,000 in gifts, in 2006, to travel with his wife to Argentina and attend a religious conference held by evangelist Ed Silvoso and his International Transformation Network (ITN).
In an extended interview with KITV reporter Daryl Huff, for a May 4, 2010 KITV feature story, Aiona stated flatly, "I am not a member of Transformation Hawaii [a chapter of the ITN], I am not a member of the International Transformation Network."
But Duke Aiona had enthusiastically endorsed Ed Silvoso at an International Transformation Network Hawaii conference held only six months prior, in November 2009. And video from a July 2008 prayer rally in Hilo, Hawaii shows the Lt. Governor telling an audience, "I'm a part of a prayer evangelization program called Transformation Hawaii."
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