[Vision2020] kirk email

[Tom Hansen]

It's not like this is the first time that "management" at Christ Church was
politically active locally.

 

Like the song goes:

 

http://www.tomandrodna.com/CC_Politics/

 

Take care, Moscow.

 

Tom Hansen

Moscow, Idaho

 

PS to Doug's Boy - I just got back from the polls.  Your vote has now been
negated.

 

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"When people sin, everybody has to pay."

- Douglas Wilson of Wilson, Inc. (dba Christ Church) (June 7, 2002)

For more details:  http://www.tomandrodna.com/notonthepalouse

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From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com]
On Behalf Of Joan Opyr
Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2005 3:31 PM
To: Vision2020 Moscow
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] kirk email

 


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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