Daniel's Invitation to Palouse Pride 2002

["Gregory Dickison" <gdickison@moscow.com>]

First, I want to thank Daniel for the invitation. I am sure it was sincerely
meant.

However, I will have to give it a pass. In my line of work I come into
regular contact with both heterosexuals and homosexuals who are in legal
trouble because they are drunks, drug addicts, theives, burglars, rapists,
robbers, brawlers, and even killers. I help them seek mercy from the court,
and I hope they find ultimate and eternal mercy from the Lord. I think they
would tell you that I have treated them with common courtesy and politeness.
However, it does not follow that I could, would or should come to accept
their immoral and criminal acts as acceptable alternative lifestyles.
Dressing it up in a festival, complete with hamburgers and balloons for the
kids, does not make it any different underneath.

So, thanks, but no thanks. I am pretty sure that you will manage to have a
good time without me.

Gregory C. Dickison
Lawyer & Counselor at Law
Post Office Box 8846
312 South Main Street
Moscow, Idaho 83843
(208) 882-4009

P.S. - This post was screened for excessive commas by a panel of
accountants, and they assured me that the SEC would approve.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Daniel Kronemann" <kron4155@uidaho.edu>
To: "Gregory Dickison" <gdickison@moscow.com>
Cc: <vision2020@moscow.com>
Sent: Saturday, July 20, 2002 10:50 AM
Subject: Re: Palouse Pride 2002


>
> On Fri, 19 Jul 2002, Gregory Dickison wrote:
>
> > > Everyone's invited to Palouse Pride.  It is a celebration of love and
> > > respect for everyone....
> >
> > Except, apparently, yourselves.
>
> I'm not sure what Gregory Dickison means by this.
>
> Anyways I would still like to personally invite Doug Wilson, Gregory
> Dickison, and John Harrell to our celebration.  Maybe it would help you
> have conversations with "liberals" if you had some experience with a Gay
> Pride event.  Saying that its wrong but never actually going to one
> doesn't lend well to credibility.  And I think if you actually got to know
> a gay person, their name and their personal story, you guys might not look
> down so hard on them.  Not that you'd change your basic ideas on the
> subject but that maybe you'd have more mercy.  Maybe you'd become friends
> with them and realize that real people exist.  But maybe that is what you
> are afraid of.  Finding out, as we all do, especially me, that maybe we
> don't have all the answers to everything.
>
> Anyways, I'll be cooking hamburgers for the AIDS Prevention people and
> would be honored to meet everyone, including the three above.  I find I
> have to meet someone when I disagree with them, so I don't risk
> dehumanizing them, to make them an easier target.  But if you don't wish
> to bring youself or your families, thats okay and your perogative.  I'll
> be their with my family.  Hope to see most of you there!
>
> Love
>
> Daniel
>
>