[Vision2020] Re: Way to go, Daily News!

[Steve Wells]

No, Douglas, you re the one that the Southern Poverty Law Center is 
(rightly) concerned about. Not U of I, the Daily News, or the Statesman..

You are, after all, the only one in Moscow who has said (out loud) "that 
a man may be a faithful Christian and a slave owner."


Douglas wrote:

> Visionaries,
>
> The Southern Poverty Law Center has posted the University of Idaho on 
> their "super-accurate" Hatewatch. Why? Because the UI is sponsoring a 
> conference that defends slavery.
>
> How many people on this list work for that particular hate group? Not 
> me. But I think Raul does.
>
> Way to go, Daily News! Way to go, Statesman!
>
> Cordially,
>
> Douglas Wilson
>
>
> Hatewatch item published 10/29/03
> re: Raul Sanchez
>
>
> Title:
> Pair to give their 'biblical' defense of slavery at U of I conference
>
>
> Article published:
> 10/24/03
> The (Boise) Idaho Statesman
> http://www.idahostatesman.com/Story.asp?ID=521
>
>
> Summary (appeared on 
> http://www.splcenter.org/intel/hatewatch/hatewatch.jsp):
>
> The university of Idaho will sponsor a history conference featuring 
> Church Christ pastor Doug Wilson, co-author of "Southern Slavery, As 
> It Was," which uses the Bible to defend slavery.
>
>
> Full description taken from Idaho Statesman article (appeared on 
> Hatewatch item page):
>
> Raul Sanchez and Doug Wilson have very different views on slavery.
>
> The two perspectives will clash early next year when Wilson and 
> Louisiana minister Steve Wilkins arrive on the University of Idaho 
> campus.
>
> Wilson and Wilkins co-authored the booklet, "Southern Slavery, As It 
> Was," which gives a biblical defense of the institution that uprooted 
> millions of Africans from their homes and separated families.
>
> Sanchez, director of diversity and human rights at the university, 
> decided to research the Christ Church-sponsored conference in February 
> that features the authors discussing history and slavery.
>
> "Slavery as it existed in the South was not an adversarial 
> relationship with pervasive racial animosity," the booklet reads. 
> "Because of its dominantly patriarchal character, it was a 
> relationship based upon mutual affection and confidence. There has 
> never been a multi-racial society which has existed with such mutual 
> intimacy and harmony in the history of the world."
>
>
> Google search return 11/17/03 (for "hatewatch raul sanchez"):
> SPLCenter.org: Pair to give their 'biblical' defense of slavery ...
> ... Statesman Published on October 24, 2003 Raul Sanchez and Doug ... 
> Sanchez, director of diversity and human rights at the ... Sign up for 
> our Hatewatch e-newsletter, ...
> www.splcenter.org/intel/hatewatch/item.jsp?hid=39 - 27k - Cached - 
> Similar pages
>
>
> _____________________________________________________
> List services made available by First Step Internet, serving the 
> communities of the Palouse since 1994.                 
> http://www.fsr.net                                
> mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com
> ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ
>