[Vision2020] RE: Dale Courtney/Community Congregational Church.

[Donovan Arnold]

Dale,

"You wrote, "It says that you were *married* in the
'Moscow Community Congregational Church' -- a church
which doesn't even exist."

I may be incorrect about this and have the wrong
church, but I am certain that the church Melynda is
taking about does exist: 

http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/holland/masc/finders/cg314.htm

It is called the "Pullman Community Congregational
Church." The Daily Evergreen might have called it the
"Moscow Community Congregational Church", but to me
that would seem odd considering that it is located in
Pullman.

Donovan J Arnold





--- Dale Courtney <dmcourtn at moscow.com> wrote:
> Melynda,
> 
> Two things. First, I'm not aware that there is a
> legal distinction in either
> Washington or Idaho between a "legal contract of
> marriage" and a "religious
> marriage union". 
> 
> The article you cite
>
(http://www.dailyevergreen.com/disp_story.php?storyId=4309)
> states: 
> 
> "Huskey and her partner, Joan Opyr, have been
> together for 11 years and have
> a 3-year-old boy and an 8-year-old girl. The couple
> was married in the
> Moscow Community Congregational Church, yet spent
> thousands of dollars on
> lawyers in order to ensure that they have some of
> the same protections
> provided by a legal marriage contract."
> 
> That article doesn't say *anything* about a
> "religious union". It says that
> you were *married* in the "Moscow Community
> Congregational Church" -- a
> church which doesn't even exist. 
> 
> Perhaps it would have been better to go back to the
> Daily Evergreen 2+ years
> ago and correct those comments then and there? It's
> quite misleading to
> state in the Daily Evergreen that you were married
> in a non-existent church
> when you weren't. Agreed? 
> 
> Second, I don't have the ability to edit people's
> comments (even my own).
> But since that comment was made on the blog, feel
> free to comment on it
> there and I will *gladly* acknowledge that Joan made
> that comment. 
> 
> Best,
> Dale
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com
> [mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com]
> On Behalf Of melyndahuskey at earthlink.net
> Sent: Friday, 27 May 2005 19:10
> To: Vision 2020
> Subject: FW: [Vision2020] RE: Dale Courtney
> 
> Dale writes:
> 
> "And I do try to be fair and honest; correct my
> mistakes; and give reference
> to all the sources I cite. I do not find it "rude"
> or "unchristian" not to
> back down from things that are right -- even when it
> pokes a hole in
> someone's pet theories."
> 
> On April 28th, Dale, you wrote:
> 
>   "Don #2, 
>       "Thanks for posting that link to Melinda's
> diatribe. 
>       "And, yes, homosexual marriage is still
> illegal in Idaho. See: [link
> to code deleted]
>       "And while they may 'claim' to be married in
> Idaho [link to Daily
> Evergreen article deleted], it's still illegal in
> both Idaho and Washington.
> 
>       "I wonder if Saundra and Rose will pursue such
> a blatant violation of
> Idaho State Law with the ferocity that they
> persecute Christ Church? After
> all, they are only doing their civil duties."
> 
>  But I didn't write the "diatribe" in question: 
> Joan Opyr was the author of
> the piece.  You'll be correcting that?
> 
> Same-sex marriage is presently illegal in Idaho and
> Washington; I can't have
> a state-recognized marriage.  But I have never
> claimed to be legally
> married.  I have never attempted to get a marriage
> license, either
> fradulently or as an act of civil disobedience.  In
> the Daily Evergreen
> article you cite, I clearly differentiate between
> the legal contract of
> marriage, from which Joan and I are excluded, and
> our religious union. 
> State law doesn't regulate my religious practice, so
> my church wedding
> didn't break the law.  Acknowledging that I am
> married by the standards of
> my faith, although not of the state, isn't illegal
> either.  
> 
> You have falsely accused me of breaking Idaho law. 
> Can I expect a
> retraction?
> 
> Melynda Huskey
> 
> 
> 
>
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