From: gordon brown (gbrown@euclid.colorado.edu)
Date: Tue Nov 11 2003 - 18:35:18 EST
Burgy,
I certainly don't defend Ahmanson, and we could well raise the question as
to whether it is right even to accept money from him. However someone who
does not accept his financial support should not be tainted by being on
the same side as he is on some particular issue.
Gordon Brown
Department of Mathematics
University of Colorado
Boulder, CO 80309-0395
On Tue, 11 Nov 2003, John W Burgeson wrote:
> I had written:
> >>> The movement fighting the consecration of an openly gay Episcopal
> priest
> > as bishop is bankrolled by a select few far-right groups and
> individuals,
> > including Howard F. Ahmanson, Jr, a major donor to the Discovery
> > Institute as well as an organization promoting Christian
> > Reconstructionism.
>
> Gordon wrote: "This sounds to me like an attempt to smear those who for
> conscience sake
> oppose this consecration by linking them with these other groups"
>
> In this case, I think not. From what I've been able to determine, this
> guy Ahmanson is for real -- he wants and is lobbying for a political
> change in the US to a "Christian Theocracy," which calls for, among other
> things, capital punishment for active homosexuals (and, I think, anyone
> not worshipping the 'god" Ahmanson defines, and a general "return" to
> many (all?) of the OT laws. That there are those who hold the
> consecration ought to be opposed on moral grounds and are not influenced
> by Ahmanson is not contested; I know some and they are my friends. In
> point of fact I myself have no position on the consecration; there are
> rational and persuasive arguments on either side (obviously) and, not
> being Episcopal, I have not studied them sufficiently to take a position.
>
>
> So there are two questions. (1) Are the reports of Ahmanson's bankrolling
> correct? and (2) Are such activities a "Christian" thing to do? I am
> fairly sure (but not certain) that the answer to (1) is "yes." The answer
> to (2) is more problematical. I have a hard time saying it is an immoral
> action, but it doesn't "smell" just right. Perhaps it is the secrecy
> involved.
>
> Burgy
>
> www.burgy.50megs.com
>
>
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