<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Chris Witmer wrote:<br><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br>> Regarding Joe Nopyr's statement, "I choose not to patronize any
business<br>> that supports a bigoted, radical, theocratic church," I'd be grateful
if she<br>> could define these three words for me.<br>><br>> -- Snip --<br>><br>> Until I see some further explanation, it is hard to avoid the
conclusion that<br>> she is simply tossing around ominous-sounding words to help<br>> disguise her own religious bigotry.<br>><br>> -- Chris</div><br>Chris,<br><br>Joan's words make perfect sense to me. Doug Wilson is pastor of Christ Church.<br>Doug has written numerous times about his disdain for homosexuals and how he<br>should be allowed to throw homosexuals out of his hypothetical restaurant and that<br>landlords should be able to refuse renting to homosexuals, etc. Preaching<br>that type of discrimination against a minority group such as homosexuals is bigotry.<br>In terms of radical, Doug has several radical ideas of how "things should be" such as<br>women should not have the right to vote, men should have the right to own slaves, etc.<br>Most if not all of Doug's radical ideas are based on his idea that society should be<br>governed by his interpretation of Biblical law (ie, a theocratic system based on
his<br>interpretation of the Bible). This should answer you question on definitions even<br>though this may not necessarily be Joan's response.<br><br>In my opinion, Joan isn't disguising anything. She's calling like she's sees it which<br>isn't the least ambiguous to me so I'm wondering why you're playing dumb as if<br>you don't understand - especially since you and Doug have already made it painfully<br>clear to everyone that you both look forward to the day when homosexuals are once<br>again executed or exiled. And oh yeah, when pressed, you'll come up with some<br>tortured explanation how you don't really wish for this, but that since the Bible is<br>very clear about it, well the homosexuals know the rules and if they choose to<br>engaged in a lifestyle that is verboten by the Bible - well then - it's execution or<br>exile for them and they only have themselves to blame.<br><br>I vehemently disagree with the sort of twisted mindset
that believes that<br>homosexuals should be put to death, run out of town, or discriminated against in<br>any fashion. If fundys such as yourselves are too blind to see that it's a<br>much more grievous injustice to punish someone for a victimless so-called sin than to<br>not punish it, then it's my sincerest hope that none of you would ever be in position of<br>power to be capable of enforcing such an unnecessary punishment. And I guess<br>that's probably the biggest difference between you and me Chris, the fact that in a<br>position of power I would not be willing to save my soul by sacrificing someone<br>else in the the form of ordering the execution or exile of this someone who's<br>actions harmed no one.<br><br>I can see why Joan and a great many others wouldn't want one penny of their<br>expenditures winding up in Doug Wilson's coffers. And gee isn't funny how<br>Doug trumpets what a shame it is that we don't live in a world free
enough to<br>kick homosexuals out of restaurants or free enough to refuse renting rooms to<br>homosexuals and now all of the sudden thinks that putting together a boycott<br>list of business that funnel money his way is comparable to Nazism.<br><br>-Scott<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br></div></div></body></html>