[Vision2020] Police to Protect Vandalized Home of Fallen Soldier

Thu Mar 2 19:06:15 PST 2006

Wayne,

Gee I don't get it are you saying that some creepy crackpots live in Moscow? 
Like maybe 1009 Karen Ln.

Thanks for the reminder.
Matt

>From: "Art Deco" <deco at moscow.com>
>To: "Vision 2020" <vision2020 at moscow.com>
>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Police to Protect Vandalized Home of Fallen 
>Soldier
>Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2006 18:36:52 -0800
>
>
>Tom, et al,
>
>An article about some very creepy people posted by Tom Hansen ends with 
>this:
>
>"He said his civil rights organization has listed the Westboro Baptist 
>Church as a hate group for years. The minister who leads the group 
>advocates making homosexuality a capital offense."
>
>In the context of the article and its ending, let us not forget this:
>
>
> >From Credenda/Agenda [Christ Church Cult Official Organ], by Gregory 
>Dickison [Comments added]:
>
>http://www.credenda.org/old/issues/vol3/magi3-9.htm
>
>
>
>"The civil magistrate is the minister of God to execute wrath on the 
>wrongdoer (Rom. 13:4). God has not left his civil minister without guidance 
>on how to exercise his office. The Scriptures set forth clear standards of 
>judgment for many offenses. Capital crimes, for example, include 
>premeditated killing (murder), kidnapping, sorcery, bestiality, adultery, 
>homosexuality, and cursing one's parents..."
>
>"In contemporary American jurisprudence, none of these offenses is 
>punishable by death, with the occasional exception of murder. The 
>magistrates have dispensed with God's standards of justice. Some Christians 
>believe this is an improvement. They would be horrified to think that the 
>"harsh" penalties of the law should still be applied. Sometimes this is the 
>result of the mistaken belief that the Old Testament has no further 
>application after the advent of Christ. This is an exegetical problem. Too 
>often, it is the result of a sinful view of the criminal. This sin is 
>called pity."
>
>"If your brother, the son of your mother, your son or your daughter, the 
>wife of your bosom, or your friend who is as your own soul, secretly 
>entices you, saying, "Let us go and serve other gods,". . . you shall not 
>consent to him or listen to him, nor shall your eye pity him, nor shall you 
>spare him or conceal him; but you shall surely kill him..." [Comment:  
>Heresy: Beware, ye not of the cult!]
>
>"If two men fight together, and the wife of one draws near to rescue her 
>husband from the hand of the one attacking him, and puts out the hand and 
>seizes him by the genitals, then you shall cut off her hand; your eye shall 
>not pity her..."
>
>God commands the judge to evaluate the crime rather than the criminal. If 
>the crime is one for which God requires death, then death must be the 
>punishment. Your eye shall not pity. Neither is the repentance of the 
>accused relevant to the imposition of the sentence.
>
>"Thus, the Bible teaches that pity is not an option where God has decided 
>the matter. The [civil] magistrate, God's minister, is to faithfully 
>execute justice according to God's standard, not man's... This means that 
>we must return to an obedience which confines pity within the bounds which 
>God has established for us."
>
>
>
>The above is a not-so-subtle reminder that not all creepy crackpots are 
>from Topeka, Kansas.
>
>
>Wayne A. Fox
>1009 Karen Lane
>PO Box 9421
>Moscow, ID  83843
>
>(208) 882-7975
>waf at moscow.com
>
>
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Tom Hansen" <thansen at moscow.com>
>To: "Moscow Vision 2020" <vision2020 at moscow.com>
>Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 5:09 PM
>Subject: [Vision2020] Police to Protect Vandalized Home of Fallen Soldier
>
>
> > >From today's (March 2, 2006) Early Bird edition of the Army Times -
> >
> > It is believed that the perpetrators of the vandalism are members of the
> > same church that conducted protests at funeral services of gay slain
> > soldiers.
> >
> > In my opinion this should be considered a hate crime and punishment 
>imposed
> > accordingly.
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > Police to protect vandalized home of fallen soldier
> >
> > Associated Press
> >
> >
> > KOKOMO, Ind. - Police posted an around-the-clock security watch at the 
>home
> > of an Indiana soldier killed last week in Iraq after it was vandalized 
>and
> > his family received disturbing phone calls.
> >
> > The home of Sgt. Rickey Jones was egged Saturday, three days after 
>Jones'
> > family learned the 21-year-old and three other soldiers had been killed 
>by a
> > roadside bomb north of Baghdad. His family also received phone calls in
> > which the caller said: "I'm glad your son is dead."
> >
> > The actions drew the attention of their congressman, Rep. Steve Buyer, a
> > Republican who also chairs the House Veterans' Affairs Committee.
> >
> > "It is outrageous, appalling and indecent for an American citizen to 
>commit
> > crimes and perversions against a family grieving at the loss of their 
>son,"
> > Buyer said.
> >
> > On Thursday, he spoke on the House floor asking his fellow lawmakers to
> > stand and observe a moment of silence "to condemn these despicable 
>acts."
> >
> > "A great virtue of the American character is our compassion. It is how 
>we
> > care for each other in good times and in difficult times," he said. "It 
>is
> > our compassion and human decency that represents the very best of our
> > nation."
> >
> > Jones' relatives and police are bracing for the possibility that a 
>Topeka,
> > Kan.-based group will protest at his funeral Monday.
> >
> > Members of the Westboro Baptist Church have protested at military 
>funerals
> > across the nation, including shouting insults at soldiers' surviving
> > relatives and holding signs that read "God Made IEDs" - a reference to
> > roadside bombs.
> >
> > The group claims American soldiers are dying in Iraq due to divine
> > intervention because the United States harbors homosexuals.
> >
> > The Westboro protesters, however, could face new restrictions at Jones'
> > funeral if Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels signs a bill this week that would 
>make
> > disorderly conduct at a funeral a felony and keep protesters at least 
>500
> > feet from a gravesite.
> >
> > That bill, which won final approval Tuesday from the Indiana House, 
>would
> > take effect immediately after being signed by Daniels. The governor's 
>press
> > secretary, Jane Jankowski, said Daniels would sign the bill as soon as 
>it
> > arrives on his desk.
> >
> > "We're trying to get this family some closure, and not have to deal with
> > these stupid signs," state Rep. John Smith, R-Kokomo, said Tuesday.
> >
> > State Sen. Brent Steele, who authored the legislation, said the bill 
>doesn't
> > go as far as some states' attempts to hold back protests by the Westboro
> > group.
> >
> > "I went as far as I thought I could and still have a constitutional 
>bill,"
> > said Steele, R-Bedford.
> >
> > Mark Potok, a spokesman for the Southern Poverty Law Center, said it's 
>still
> > an open question whether some of the new laws restricting picketing are
> > entirely constitutional.
> >
> > He said his civil rights organization has listed the Westboro Baptist 
>Church
> > as a hate group for years. The minister who leads the group advocates 
>making
> > homosexuality a capital offense.
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > Seeya round town, Moscow.
> >
> > Tom Hansen
> > Moscow, Idaho
> >
> >
> > "If not us, who?
> > If not now, when?"
> >
> > - Unknown

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