Uncle John in the News
April 13, 2007
Nice little article in the Willamette Week today about my dearly beloved aunt and uncle and their war protests in the form of tax resistance.
Willamette Week Online | Death Tax • Your money is paying for a bloody war. Theirs isn’t.
Actually, this is not news to our family - they’ve been vigorously defending their beliefs since before I can remember, and I learned about Civil Disobedience from them before I ever picked up Thoreau. I guess the fact that we’re at war (still) now and it’s tax time makes it a good story. A nice little article, but there’s so much more to it, and to John and Pat. They’re an amazing pair of humans, and this is only one little thing these two do in a lifetime of helping people, fighting for civil rights, and acting on their beliefs. I can’t believe that’s my family… except that I can, because I knew my grandparents.
(The metanoia community’s web site, which used to be here, had more information, but might be a little overloaded right now. Meanwhile you can learn about grief counseling and order my aunt Pat’s Tear Soup books here. The Peace House info is here.)
I swear I thought I blogged about this already? Guess not.
Tamara commented
on April 16, 2007 10:21 am
Ooh! Here’s another article (thanks Dad) that appeared on the front page of the Living section in Saturday’s Oregonian:
No Wars On Their Dime by Nancy Haught
Saturday, April 14, 2007
(archive is free for 14 days.)
Tamara commented
on April 22, 2007 9:47 pm
I knew it was somewhere!
Here’s a picture of Josh walking the meditation path out front of the Peace House. Mmm.