[Vision2020] Why Doug Wilson might want to whine about wine

[Joan Opyr]

Dear Visionaries:

Doug Wilson is claiming that the University of Idaho is "caught in the 
middle" between Christ Church and "the persecution" of Rose Huskey's 
and Saundra Lund's wine service questions.  The UI is caught in the 
middle indeed, and why?  Because "in the middle" is just where Doug 
wants them.  The University of Idaho is a state institution, and it 
must obey state law; hence, Tim White's ruling regarding supervision of 
the Kibbie Dome/Christ Church wine service by the UI's contracted 
caterer, Sodexho.  Ignoring for the moment that this is a punt on Tim 
White's part, Doug Wilson, in choosing to hold his communion service in 
the Kibbie Dome has chosen to obey state law.  Or, perhaps he has 
chosen to deliberately defy state law, serve alcohol to minors on state 
property, and thus invite prosecution.  If he's chosen the latter, then 
it won't be Rose and Saundra who prosecute him; it will be the 
University of Idaho and Sodexho.  That, I would speculate, is just what 
he wants.  That's why he called Dave Johnson at the Trib, and that is 
why he has stirred this pot.

It's been pointed out to me that the Rutherford Institute is looking 
for a case to take to the Supreme Court, one that will clarify the 
ruling in Levitan, Daniel J. versus Ashcroft, John D.  (Look it up.  
I'm going to.)  With the appointment of Justice John Roberts, we might 
expect to see more cases like this coming before the high court and 
rulings that will strengthen the claims of religious institutions to 
occupy (or assume control) of what was once considered "secular" space.

Wouldn't Doug Wilson just love to be at the center of a PR storm like 
that?  Then, it would no longer be "Local Preacher Claims Persecution" 
but "Moscow Minister Takes Communion Fight All The Way To The Supreme 
Court."  What a coup!  What a recruiting tool!  What a way to rake in 
the donations!

New St. Andrews College needs 150 students just to break even.  They 
don't have that.  What they have, as Baldrick says so often on "Black 
Adder," is a cunning plan.  Let's hope it works about as well as the 
rest of their cunning plans, i.e., that it rains down their manly 
beards in tiny, over-reaching, egomaniacal bits.

Mr. Black Thicky Adder Thicky,

Joan Opyr/Auntie Establishment
www.auntie-establishment.com