[Vision2020] an open letter -- What's That? Are you serious?
Jim Meyer
m1e2y3e4 at moscow.com
Mon Jun 13 10:38:14 PDT 2005
All,
Why don't we just stick with the facts instead of arguing about intended
meanings of famous sayings?
The facts are:
1. Christ Church and its related business ventures hide several
publishing efforts with gross profits of close to 1 million
dollars--just for one of those businesses. This is a documentable fact
that can be found in county records. The fact that these businesses
exist is not an issue. The fact that these business ventures ask the
community for tax breaks IS a community issue.
2. That fact that Doug Wilson is both permanent Trustee and Trustor
of New St. Andrews and that he hires family members is not a community
issue. That New St. Andrews has a religious test for admission also is
not a community issue. The fact that tax breaks are requested from the
community for an organization that is not clearly proven non-profit IS
a community issue.
3. The fact that the representatives of Christ Church believe things
that many of us don't like, or even that we think unchristian, is not
an issue.The fact that Christ Church representatives who benefit from
tax breaks publicly support the idea that whole groups of people are
lower than them and that violence against those people is somehow god's
intent IS a community issue, especially when church resources are used
to advance their political candidates.
The community has every right, even an obligation to examine Christ
Church and it's associated businesses in light of their asking for and
receiving tax benefits. For the community to ask Christ Church to follow
existing law is not even remotely comparable to persecution of those of
Jewish faith. As someone who lost 1/8 of my family tree due to
persecution, I take tremendous and deep offense to such a comparison.
Jim Meyer
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