[Vision2020] kirk email (slight correction to my first sentence)

[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 member of the 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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