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<DIV>Visionaries:</DIV>
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<DIV>As much as I hate puncturing Donovan's self-righteous view of being a
champion of free speech on the Palouse, I have to correct some erroneous
impressions of the Trinity Festival, he continues to hold. </DIV>
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<DIV>1. The University of Idaho has <STRONG>not </STRONG>established that
the sponsor of the Trinity festival is a non-profit entity. UI asked for
proof of non-profit status and they didn't get it. Instead, they got a
copy of a routine filing with the Sect. of State that makes the claim that they
are non-profit. That claim is worthless. Jim Meyer is exactly right,
proof of 501(c)(3) status would provide a fair and equitable way to ensure
that only non-profit groups received the non-profit price. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>2. Perhaps Donovan will elaborate on the "legal complaint" filed
to prevent people from celebrating "worship with wine." Who made the
complaint, Donovan? Saundra Lund and I do wonder, and have asked
publicly about the possible conflict between church and state, when an activity
that is prohibited by law, that is, serving wine to children, takes place in a
state owned facility. We have filed no legal complaint about the matter -
although, speaking for myself, I would certainly appreciate it if someone
did. This is an interesting constitutional question, and I have no idea
what the answer would be. In the meantime, perhaps the Trinity Festival
folks could apply for and receive the alcohol permit that they were told to get
when they signed the contract with UI last November. (And, it is possible
that they have done so since my public records request for the UI Trinity
Festival contract was filled early in March.)</DIV>
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<DIV>3. Donovan is right that the UI should treat people
fairly. With that in mind perhaps he can help us to understand
(if he understood it himself) why the Trinity Festival is paying $750/day
rental for the Kibbie Dome instead of the $2000/day rental listed on the UI
fee schedule for non-profit organizations. </DIV>
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<DIV>4. Lofty sentiments that urge us to make friends with people we
disagree with ring a little hollow, Donovan, when your letter to Jim Meyer
begins with the question "Are you serious, sane, and sober?"<BR></DIV>
<DIV>5. What is it, Donovan, that makes you continue to dismiss Christian
Reconstructionists as a group of fun loving, friendly fellows, who don't really
mean what they say? If there is a single lesson that I wish the folks in
Moscow could or would learn about Doug Wilson, it is this: he is not
kidding. Because much of his social commentary seems so ludicrous or
peculiar to us, don't think for a moment it is funny or peculiar to
him. Your wish to "make friends" is breathtaking in its innocence, naivete
and frankly hubris. Somehow you imagine that you are persuasive
enough or nice enough to breach the barriers of misunderstanding and
miscommunication between the Kirk and rest of us. A word of
advice, Donovan, Doug Wilson and I understand each other perfectly, and neither
one of us is fooled or mislead for a nano-second by the other. </DIV>
<DIV>You mistakenly believe, that there is a happy middle ground
where differing opinions should be given equal merit and equal
respect. The fact is, some ideas are without any merit and deserve
no respect. Consider what George Grant has to say on the subject of
religious and civic tolerance - and, by the way, if you think Doug Wilson
believes differently, I invite you to ask him to publicly repudiate the
following. Hint: he won't do it.</DIV>
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<DIV>
<P>"Christians have an obligation, a mandate, a commission, a holy
responsibility to reclaim the land for Jesus Christ - to have dominion in the
civil structures, just as in every other aspect of life and godliness. </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">But it is dominion that we are
after. Not just a voice. </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">It is dominion we are after. Not
just influence. </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">It is dominion we are after. Not
just equal time. </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">It is dominion we are after. </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">World conquest. That's what
Christ has commissioned us to accomplish. We must win the world with the power
of the Gospel. And we must never settle for anything less. </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">If Jesus Christ is indeed Lord,
as the Bible says, and if our commission is to bring the land into subjection to
His Lordship, as the Bible says, then all our activities, all our witnessing,
all our preaching, all our craftsmanship, all our stewardship, and all our
political action will aim at nothing short of that sacred purpose. </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Thus, Christian politics has as
its primary intent the conquest of the land - of men, families, institutions,
bureaucracies, courts, and governments for the
<st1:place><st1:PlaceType>Kingdom</st1:PlaceType> of
<st1:PlaceName>Christ</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>. It is to reinstitute the
authority of God's Word as supreme over all judgments, over all legislation,
over all declarations, constitutions, and confederations. True Christian
political action seeks to rein the passions of men and curb the pattern of
digression under God's rule. </P>
<P><CITE>George Grant, The Changing of the Guard (Ft. Worth, TX: Dominion Press,
1987), pp. 50-51.</CITE> <FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT
face=Georgia><A
href="http://www.serve.com/thibodep/cr/worldcnq.htm">http://www.serve.com/thibodep/cr/</FONT>worldcnq.htm</A></FONT>
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<DIV><FONT lang=0 face=Georgia size=3 FAMILY="SERIF" PTSIZE="12">Rose
Huskey</FONT><FONT lang=0 face=Arial color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"
PTSIZE="10"><BR><BR></FONT><FONT lang=0 face=Georgia color=#000000 size=3
FAMILY="SERIF" PTSIZE="12">"Find out just what people will submit to, and you
have found out the exact<BR> amount of injustice and wrong which will be
imposed upon them; and these will continue until they are resisted with either
words or blows, or both. The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance
of those whom they oppress." Frederick
Douglass</FONT></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>