[Imc-dunedin] Fwd: PROTEST

[Alice and Peter]

 kia ora everyone,: and an invitation ( if you didnt
already know about this):  hope you can make it. 
please forward on if there's anyone else you think
would like to hear about this...
cheers alice


--- UniQ Otago <UniQ at ousa.org.nz> wrote: 
> From: "UniQ Otago" <UniQ at ousa.org.nz>
> To: <Undisclosed-Recipient:;>
> Subject: PROTEST
> Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2004 13:07:45 +1200
> 
> 
> "Protesters have forced the political arm of the
> controversial Destiny Church to abandon plans to
> meet at Dunedin North Intermediate."
>  - Otago Daily Times, Thursday September 9
> 
> 
> PROTEST AGAINST
> Destiny New Zealand 
> @ their major Dunedin political meeting
> Dunedin Centre, 1 Harrop Street (Off the Octagon)
> 7pm THIS Saturday, September 11
> 
> Those of us that support equal rights for gays and
> lesbians are being urged to mount an effective
> protest outside this meeting.
> 
> This is from last weekend's ODT: "Destiny New
> Zealand, which will hold a public meeting... at 7pm
> next Saturday, was formed in May and is headed by
> former police officer Richard Lewis, the head of
> Destiny Social Services, and Anne Williamson, who
> leads the church's education department."
> 
> Destiny NZ is the political wing of Destiny Church,
> so we can picket it on purely political grounds
> without worrying about hassling families on their
> way to Church. Quite possibly the political meeting
> will also attract anti-gay bigots that would never
> go to a Destiny church service. Note that the venue
> has been changed from Dunedin North Intermediate
> school to the Dunedin Centre, perhaps with just this
> in mind.
> 
> This attack on lesbians and gays fits in with
> Brash's backlash against Maori 'privilege', and with
> the right-wing bullshit on law and order that Labour
> and National are both spouting. It's more of the
> politics of fear that hides the real issues - like
> mounting economic insecurity and the ever-growing
> gap between rich and poor in NZ.
> 
> If we don't show our opposition now then it's likely
> that other, more mainstream populist politicians
> will jump on Tamaki's bandwagon. But if we
> do our bit in Dunedin, and others do the same around
> the country, then we'll make it clear that there's a
> political price to be paid by politicians that want
> to play on divisions in society. So come along to
> the Harrop St entrance of the Dunedin Town Hall
> (near the Octagon) at 6.30pm on Saturday - bring
> banners, placards, leaflets, friends, flatmates,
> noisemakers, etc.
> 
> Cheers
> Mike Tait
> 
> ALSO
> 
> Dear anyone interested
> 
> Dunedin North Intermediate Board of Trustees is
> meeting tonight
> following at least two written complaints (see
> attached) 
> they will be discussing their agreement to lease
> their school 
> buildings to the Destiny Church.  If you agree that
> our public 
> schools should not be leased to a group preaching
> hate and bigotry 
> then please email Ross Leach (principal) at
> rossl at dni.school.nz.  You 
> may wish to simply click and paste the excerpt
> below:
> 
> I am writing to request that you reconsider the
> decision to rent your 
> facilities to the Destiny Church.  The views they
> espouse are both 
> divisive and highly offensive.  While I do not
> dispute their right to 
> express their opinions, I believe the use of a
> public school offers 
> their organisation a degree of undeserved
> respectability.  The 
> Ministry of Education guidelines require that there
> be a tangible 
> educational benefit to the students from the leasing
> of school 
> buildings.  The Destiny Church clearly does not
> fulfil this 
> requirement.
> 
> Cindy Towns
> 

> ATTACHMENT part 2 application/msword
name=Letter_DNI.doc
 

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