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[Joan Opyr]

On 8 Nov 2005, at 10:53, Bill London wrote:

> Is Christ Church a political organization?
> Sure, and that has been obvious for years (for example, on 7/1/02, 
> Doug Wilson testified before the Moscow City Council on the nudity 
> ordinance representing his congregation as a voting bloc)
> Is that a problem for Christ Church?
> Yup.  Due to tax law, etc, churches are not supposed to pursue a 
> political agenda and certainly not supposed to support individual 
> candidates.  Dale Courtney (who is not a church official for the 
> deniability reason) skirts the very edge of that law with his support 
> message and "questionaire"
> BL

Which brings up an interesting point: in 2002, Peg Hamlett was the only 
Moscow City Council to vote against the new Wilson-promoted breast and 
butt crack ordinance.  What has changed since then?  Have Doug and 
company buried the hatchet for the sake of political expedience?  If 
so, then how does this jibe with their (repeated) claims to act 
entirely and always in accord with eternal, never-changing, God-given 
Biblical principle?

Of course, I support Doug Wilson's individual right to free speech.  It 
doesn't matter that he's a minister; so am I.  (For those who don't 
remember this particular "lark," I was ordained in December 2003 via 
the Universal Life Church, http://www.ulc.org.  This past September, I 
performed my first wedding.  My signature on the marriage license made 
it all legal.)  What is objectionable -- and not kosher legally -- is 
Doug's using his pulpit and church resources to directly campaign for 
political causes and/or candidates.  Has he stepped over the line here? 
  Yes, many times.  Witness the church emails encouraging members to 
vote for Paul Kimmel as county commissioner.  I believe that my 
mother-in-law, Rose, brought those to the light of day.

The shortest distance between two points is a straight line.  Michael 
will denounce this as rude speculation, but Doug Wilson's name on Dale 
Courtney's .pdf file means (to me) that he had something to do with 
Dale's "questionnaire."  No surprises there.  Doug has more fingers in 
more pies than Cyrus O'Leary.

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