[Vision2020] Keeping church and state of mind separate in Moscow

[Gary Crabtree]

So, you really don't know the difference between a statement and a
complaint?

g​

On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 1:16 PM, Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com> wrote:

> http://www.TomandRodna.com/Stuff/Wilson_Complaint_MPD_071506.pdf
>
> Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .
>
> "Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)
> http://www.MoscowCares.com <http://www.moscowcares.com/>
>
> Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
>
> "There's room at the top they are telling you still.
> But first you must learn how to smile as you kill,
> If you want to be like the folks on the hill."
>
> - John Lennon
>
> On May 19, 2015, at 12:54, Gary Crabtree <moscowlocksmith at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> Aah, aah, aah, we're playing a little fast and loose with the truth there
> aren't we tommy? The way I recall the story is that when ​your personal
> boogie man was asked if he could think of any folks who might have had a
> degree of animus towards himself following a minor property crime yours was
> one of the several names that came up. No complaint was filed against you
> or anyone else and no accusation was made. Lets face the facts here, your
> irrational fear of Doug long predates the incident you refer to.
>
> g
>
> On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 8:20 AM, Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com> wrote:
>
>> I am already convinced that Dougie's a worm, Mr. Dredge.
>>
>> I was convinced back when he filed a false police complaint against me.
>>
>> Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .
>>
>> "Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)
>> http://www.MoscowCares.com <http://www.moscowcares.com/>
>>
>> Tom Hansen
>> Moscow, Idaho
>>
>> "There's room at the top they are telling you still.
>> But first you must learn how to smile as you kill,
>> If you want to be like the folks on the hill."
>>
>> - John Lennon
>>
>> On May 19, 2015, at 08:04, Paul Rumelhart <paul.rumelhart at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> I have an idea.  Why don't we wait and chastise those Christ
>> Church-affiliated board members *after* they propose doing whatever evil
>> things you think they are going to propose?  That way, we're judging them
>> based on their actions, and not their religious affiliation and our own
>> fears and prejudices.
>>
>> Just a thought.
>>
>> Paul
>>
>> On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 4:40 AM, Moscow Cares <moscowcares at moscow.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> *Bill London's Debate With Christ Church's Doug Wilson *(January 27,
>>> 2004)
>>>
>>> http://www.moscowcares.com/Bill_London/London_Wilson_Debate_KUOI_012704.htm
>>>
>>> Courtesy of today's (May 19, 2015) Moscow-Pullman Daily News.
>>>
>>> --------------------------------------
>>> Our View: Keeping church and state of mind separate in Moscow
>>>
>>> *By Lee Rozen , for the Editorial Board*
>>>
>>> By embracing the vibe of peace, love, funky stuff and local, natural
>>> foods whenever possible, the Moscow Food Co-op has become a local
>>> institution that helps define the zeitgeist of the city.
>>>
>>> Much more than do the city's 17 fast-food joints, the co-op helps define
>>> Moscow for many of its residents - as do the old brick 1912 Center and City
>>> Hall, Tye-Dye Everything, bicycle shops, the University of Idaho, the
>>> Farmers Market, One World Cafe and East City Park's festivals.
>>>
>>> The co-op's stature as one of the defining organizations downtown has
>>> led to some angst recently that it might change - or be changed. Being a
>>> co-op, it is owned and run by its members, most of whom note who is running
>>> in the elections for its board each year and then don't bother to vote.
>>>
>>> So far, that's worked. But this year, two of the three new board members
>>> are affiliated with Christ Church. Another member of the board is, also.
>>>
>>> So what, you might ask? Is it a problem if there are a bunch of
>>> Methodists or Wiccans on the board? The Christ Church members didn't reveal
>>> their church affiliation during the election, but then neither did any
>>> other member or candidate for the board.
>>>
>>> The concern has to do with the nature of Christ Church, led by the
>>> gay-baiting Pastor Doug Wilson. The co-op's personnel policies have always
>>> been rather inclusive of nearly any lifestyle choice. Christ Church not so
>>> much. There's concern that a fourth member on the seven-member board from
>>> Christ Church might want to change those personnel policies, among other
>>> things.
>>>
>>> It's almost like Monsanto, that company of caustic chemicals and
>>> genetically modified seeds for corporate farms, suddenly had three
>>> affiliates on the co-op board. And they just hadn't thought it important to
>>> mention that connection.
>>>
>>> Wilson in the past has made statements - whether hyperbolic or not -
>>> about Moscow being the right size town because it was both capable of and
>>> worth being taken over in the course of 35 years or so. People remember.
>>>
>>> New Saint Andrews, Logos, Bucer's, Nuart and Anselm House are all also
>>> associated with the Christ Church organization. Hardly overwhelming.
>>>
>>> There are many who don't want the co-op to be next. We're among them.
>>> --------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .
>>>
>>> "Moscow Cares"
>>> http://www.MoscowCares.com <http://www.moscowcares.com/>
>>>
>>> Tom Hansen
>>> Moscow, Idaho
>>>
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