[Vision2020] Trinity Festival protest

[Joe Campbell]

Paul,

Another good set of questions!

You write: "Doesn't freedom of religion trump simple dislike for the church or some of it's members?"

Certainly it does.

You also ask: "But why disturb their festival?  What is their political and economic agendas that these activists are protesting?"

I have no plans to disturb their festival, though I am interested in who wrote the play about Spinoza in which Doug stars. (And I’m still waiting for my tickets!)

As for political and economic agendas, NSA has succeeded—after three distinct conflicts with zoning laws—in suggesting that colleges and universities have a right to the downtown area, thus rendering it a matter of mercy that the UI doesn't take over. And then there is this recent issue of their cathedral being located downtown, which opens up the question of: Why stop there? Why not locate all cathedrals, churches, temples, tombs, and tomes downtown? What have we got to lose? And if not all, why them? 

Is that enough?

Best, Joe