[Vision2020] Douglas Wilson on businesses policies

[Donovan Arnold]

I am hoping that Mr. Wilson, or someone that knows Mr. Wilson well enough, 
could explain the meaning of this statement:

"I would not ask them if they were homosexual.
But if they began behaving in such a way as to demand
my explicit or implicit approval of their lifestyle,
which my silence would provide them, would I ask them
to leave?" Then he states:  "But I would do the same with heterosexual
>women with their tops off, heterosexual men with their
>trousers off, and any members of Congress."

Does Mr. Wilson mean that a same-gender couple that holds hands or kisses in 
a public restaurant, as opposite-gender couples do, is equivalent to men and 
women taking their clothes off in public? Or does he mean that a opposite 
gendered couple or same-gendered couple are expected to behave in the same 
manner? To me, I don't think a same-gendered couple would ever attempt to 
engage in sexual intercourse over an entree at the Olive Garden. To imply or 
use such an instance as a justification to remove a same-gendered couple 
seems to far fetched to use as an example that would be applicable to any 
real life situation. I hope that Mr. Wilson will justify his vague wording 
and stance on the issue regarding the equal treatment of gays and lesbians 
in the Moscow community that could be deeply offended his statement.

Thanks!

Donovan J Arnold



>From: Scott Dredge <sdredge@yahoo.com>
>To: vision2020@moscow.com
>Subject: [Vision2020] Douglas Wilson on businesses policies
>Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2003 21:49:37 -0700 (PDT)
>
>Last September Douglas Wilson wrote:
>------------------------------------
>So if I owned a restaurant and a homosexual couple
>came in, I would not ask them if they were homosexual.
>But if they began behaving in such a way as to demand
>my explicit or implicit approval of their lifestyle,
>which my silence would provide them, would I ask them
>to leave? You bet I would. And progressives have so
>trashed the word hate that my attempt to maintain a
>decent establishment would no doubt be called a form
>of hatred. But I would do the same with heterosexual
>women with their tops off, heterosexual men with their
>trousers off, and any members of Congress.
>
>In his response to Vera, Douglas Wilson wrote:
>-------------------------------------
>  Third, Vera says that the welcome mat for gays and
>lesbians "isn't out" at several downtown church-run
>businesses.  Church-run businesses? Name one. It is
>true that members of Christ Church have businesses and
>jobs, but I believe this is also true of other
>churches. And with regard to lack of welcome, this was
>not reported on the basis of any policies, any signs
>in any windows, or anything else of the kind. Rather,
>this particular breaking story is mentioned on the
>basis of how several members of the gay and lesbian
>axis said they felt. What is this? Given my
>"orientation," if I were to enter a tattoo emporium, I
>would hardly expect applause to break out. And it
>wouldn't hurt my feelings if it didn't.  This is an
>area were some folks need to grow up just a little bit.
>
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