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In Memory of Isaac J. "Gusta brought me the sad news of the death of Isaac Levy, a fine young soldier, killed in
the trenches near Petersburg. He & his brother Ezekiel Levy have observed their religion faithfully, ever since they have
been in the army, never even eating forbidden food. He leaves a devoted father & mother brothers & sisters to mourn
his loss." Emma Mordecai, diary, Aug. 24, 1864. "Went to see Mrs. Levy whose son Isaac was killed near Petersbg. on Sunday 21st. Was greatly
interested in my visit to the family. Isaac was an example to all young men of any faith--to those of his own most especially.
A true Israelite without guile--a soldier of the Lord & a soldier of the South. A noble patriot. His parents & sisters
mourn for him as those mourn who while full of love, are also full of Faith and Hope and submission. If all our people were
like that family, we would already arise & shine for our light would have come." Emma Mordecai, diary, Aug. 30, 1864
The 40,000 member SCV and all the sons and daughters of the
south honored the martyred
DuPont 7 men with a special plaque for their suffering
and steadfast stand against tyranny.
We take pleasure in presenting The Art of Living, in cooperation with the National Council of the Churches of Christ. Our
speaker today is Dr. Theodore Parker Farris, Rector of the Trinity Church of Boston. Today's topic: The Water Levels of
Life. Dr. Farris: Not long after I had become the Rector of Trinity Church in Boston, the Senior Warden gave me a list of committees and
the names of the men who served on them. The first one, as you might imagine, was the Finance Committee, then there was the
Budget Committee, the Buildings and Grounds Committee, the Nominating Committee, the Long Range Planning Committee, the Camp
Committee, many others, and by the end of the list was the Committee in Charge of Water Levels. I was on familiar ground until
I got to that point. I had been the minister of one other church before I went to Boston and I knew something about the committees needed to
run a church. I said to one of the men, "What in the world is the Committee in Charge of Water Levels?" He said, "The
place where the church stands is called the Back Bay." I knew that, of course. It was once a real bay and where we now
stand was water. About the middle of the 19th century, the Bostonians had the imagination and the ingenuity to fill in the bay. It was an
enormous undertaking. All the city around Trinity Church is made land and the water is only a few feet under the sidewalk.
Trinity Church was built in 1877 and it rests on 4,500 wooden piles. You know as well as I know that wood doesn't rot so long
as it's kept in water. Once let the air get to it and thats the end of the wood. The Committee in Charge of Water Levels,
therefore, is responsible for seeing that the water is kept at a level high enough to protect the piles and keep them from
rotting. In the cellar of the church there are wells, they look like manholes. And every week someone takes the reading of
the water level. There have been times when the water level has gone down. When the new buildings around Copley Square were being built,
water had to be pumped out of the area so that the concrete barge on which the new buildings stand could be built. So water
had to be pumped back into the foundations of Trinity Church to keep the water level high enough to protect the old wooden
piles. The Committee watches the water level. This, as you may guess, is an allegory, not a parable but an allegory. The wooden
piles are the foundations upon which our society is built, the water is the moral and spiritual environment which keep the
foundations from rotting. If the level of our moral and spiritual life falls below a certain point, the foundations of our
society will begin to crumble and will eventually fall. My question is if we could take readings of these water levels, the water levels of our moral and spiritual life, what
would they be? There isn't any possible way of doing it, of course, so your guess is as good as mine. But I have a feeling
that the level at the present moment is too low for safety. Links endorsed by DuPont B-GLAD (click on them!): Anne Lawrence M.D. The Advocate #1 The Advocate #2 The Washington Blade Gay Russia Our schools are long on technical training and short, by and large, on the basic discipline which gives a person not only
an education but a character. Whatever you want to call it, it is the stuff a man is made of which makes him able to face
situations he has to meet in life. Our schools are well-prepared to give him an education which provides him with a certain
amount of knowledge, but not often those basic disciplines which help him build a mature character so he can handle well whatever
happens to him. Sometimes our hospitals are long on scientific research, but short on the human approach to the patient. Our business houses are long on promotion and public relations. They can create an image to their liking of almost anything,
but too often they are short on what we call integrity. They can create an image, but they seldom ask seriously what the image
is about or whether it is true, or whether it really represents what they are trying to sell. They are long on expense accounts
and short on accountability. Perhaps I am biased about this, as perhaps it is because I don't see enough people. But it seems to be increasingly plain
that there are fewer and fewer people who rejoice in making something well just for the sake of making it. In other words,
once again, we are long on cleverness, but short on craftsmanship. If this is anything like a fair reading of the present water level, if you agree that the water level is too low for comfort,
what can we do about it? How can we raise those water levels? I know my own temptation when I think about these things is
to say, "What can I do, only one person, to resist such a tide as this? I am helpless." But I know from history and
from my own experience that a relatively few people can do a great deal indirectly, if not directly. When I stop to think
about it I know that I can do a great deal more than I am likely to think I can. Never underestimate the power of a woman, someone once said. Never doubt the power of one determined, dedicated individual.
One of the people I follow closely is Herbert Butterfield, Professor of History at Cambridge University in England. He is
a Methodist layman and all his writing must be read in the light of his Christian faith. In his book, Christianity, Diplomacy
and War, he writes this: "A comparatively small number of communists possessing initially no measurable degree of power achieved in the thirty years
after 1917 such a transformation of the globe as has rarely been equaled in magnitude or in thoroughness or in extent they
achieved far more than all the armies of the Kaiser and the Tsar or the British and Austrian and Hungarian empires and of
the United States put together." All those people who are driven to pessimism and paralysis by the ideal that nothing can be affected on this earth save
by numbers and powers may take comfort therefore from this exhilarating example. And then comes this line: "Given the required intensity and intenseness, a comparatively few Christians could alter the course of history as powerfully
as the communists have done." It is worth remembering, especially when you feel hopelessly outnumbered, that many of the great things in the world have
been started by relatively few people. You know how many people came over on the Mayflower? Since this was one of the breeding grounds of the democratic experiment,
it is worth knowing how many people were involved in that chapter of its story. There were about 100. And how many signed
the Mayflower Compact? 41. I don't know whether you have had any experience with Alcoholic's Anonymous, but you must have heard about it. That group
has saved more individuals from one particular branch of hell than any other group I know. Do you know how it started? One
man started it. Bill Wilson. Of course, there were many influences in his life all converging together at one strategic point,
but one man started the movement that has saved thousands from alcoholic hell. One other thing I know is that if the level of our moral and spiritual life is raised, it will be done by people who are
not trying to do it. That may not make much sense to you at the moment, but if you stop to think about it you will see, I
think, that the people who have often made the biggest dent on the world for good have invariably been engaged in doing something
else. Most historians would say that John Wesley saved England from a violent industrial revolution. He didn't have any idea
that he was doing it. He was drawing people to the mercy seat. Saint Paul, historians say, changed the course of Western Europe.
He didn't have any ideal he was doing it. He was going up and down the civilized world preaching Christ crucified. In the long run, the people who lift the level of this world are the ones who have their eyes on something beyond the immediate
thing. They are not the reformers, they are not the do-gooders, almost never. They are the people who are lit by a light from
another world which shines without their knowing it. And they do, or often quite unconsciously, something that changes the
climate of the world they live in. Again, I quote Herbert Butterfield, "The profoundest effects in our civilization have
been produced by people who were not thinking of effecting the course of human affairs at the mundane level. They have come
as unanticipated byproducts of lives that have really been intent on spiritual things. " What do you think about all of this? What do you think about the water level of your own life? What do you think about
your influence and what it is on the lives of people around you? Do you care whether our society stands or falls? Perhaps
you don't. But I think you do. Will you make yourself a "Committee of One" to do something with yourself so that wherever
you go there may be a chance that the level of life is lifted, imperceptibly perhaps, but lifted nonetheless? .:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:.
For three years seven employees and scores of men and women maintained
a high profile protest vigil in front of the Dupont Plant on Jefferson Davis Highway in Richmond, Virginia. .:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:. Timeline of Events: July 9, 2000 Mr. Jimmy Jones, a 30 year employee with DuPont, was
called into his supervisor's office and told that he was forbidden to wear a shirt showing southern emblems and was
ordered not to wear anything showing the Confederate flag. Jimmy was ordered to remove his T-shirt, a
mug showing a Confederate emblem, the religious Cross of Saint Andew, the Apostle of Jesus the Christ, and a book
containing information about his southern ancestors. The Confederate Flag, the Cross of St. Andrew, and emblems
on cars and delivery trucks are also banned from the DuPont property. August 9, 2000 The DuPont Employee Union presented Grievance
#8-P00 to DuPont management claiming DuPont is biased and inconsistent with their edicts. DuPont ignored the Employee
Union Grievance and refuses to acknowledge or hear the grievance. 1. A DuPont network organization, reflecting African heritage is encouraged
and embraced by DuPont. African emblems are not banned on DuPont property.
2. Within DuPont corporation resides a separate organization
called B-GLAD. It stands for: Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Transgendered and Allied at
DuPont. By its nature and behavior, we define it as
a secret membership organization with far reaching, powerful political agendas within transnational DuPont corporation.
Powerful homosexual organizations operate within all transnational corporations and may to some extent establish and dictate
their corporate agenda policy. B-GLAD organization sells a B-GLAD jewelry pin for members to wear on their clothes.
The B-GLAD homosexual rainbow flag is encouraged, embraced and welcomed on DuPont property and grounds. B-GLAD's telephone
number is listed at DuPont's headquarters in Wilmington, DE. Apparently, homosexual lifestyle is encouraged by DuPont.
http://www.dupontbglad.com/Links/links.html PLEASE NOTE! BGLAD believes the following websites contain
valuable information on bisexual, gay, lesbian and transgender issues, but acknowledges that some people may find the materials
offensive. If you feel that the content may offend you, or if you are viewing this site from inside a corporate firewall
and are concerned that viewing these materials may contravene corporate guidelines on internet usage, we recommend that you
do not click on any of the links.
.:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:. A Fair Rule or Just Politically Correct?:
H.K. Edgerton: "Respectful indeed! It is my religious symbol, my Cross of St. Andrew Flag. We believe DuPont's behavior is based
on a lie." .:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:.
THE BATTLE OF NEW MARKET http://www.vmi.edu/archives/Civil_War/nmcouper.html The VMI Cadets were children between the ages of 16 and 21 years old and in 1864 they were needed for battle at a place
called New Market. "The cadets were awakened at VMI by the long-roll on the night of May 10th, and 247 cadets were ordered to get their school
guns and march early the next morning on the road to Staunton. 247 children marched in mud along the road and slept in the
drenching rain for three days and nights to confront the enemy to defend their land. The 247 cadets and the southern forces
were outnumbered by 2,000 men. On Sunday, May l5th, about 1 a. m., a pitch-dark and rainy night, the cadets were quietly aroused, and after a prayer to
their God by Capt. Frank Preston, B Co., the corps commenced its march to the battle-field; but it did not reach the vicinity
of New Market until some time after sun-rise, because of one or more protracted stops. They came under heavy fire. When the heavy artillery fire ceased, the command was given to the VMI corps to charge. This
order was obeyed, not only with alacrity, but with enthusiasm; "and though the company organizations were gone, yet they rallied
round their flag and formed some sort of a line as they advanced." So eager were the cadets to charge the enemy, 100 or 150
yards off, that it was difficult for them to find time to load and shoot their old-fashioned muzzle loading muskets This,
the final charge, commenced in the wheat field, then a field of mud, just north of the Bushong Orchard, and continued for
some distance north towards the Pike bridge over the Shenandoah. Although outnumbered by 2,000 men, they routed the northern army. The pursuit of the retreating army by the cadets continued
until the corps "was halted by order of General Breckinridge." Nine children cadets died but their dear flag, the Cross of
Saint Andrew remained. September 22, 2000 A "Supervisory Resource Tool" document was distributed to
DuPont Management from Arlene J. Williams. The document contains 23 "frequently asked questions" relating to the Confederate
flag or emblems and was designed to help deal with employees who violate the new DuPont transnational corporation
anti-southern flag and emblem policies. .:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:. The Lawsuit: The Southern Legal Resource Center in North Carolina agreed to represent
the aggrieved employees. The SLRC approached the EEOC, alleging discrimination based on race, religion and national
origin: Christian Confederate Southern-American. The EEOC refuses to proceed on the employees behalf and issues
a right to sue letter. The law requires the SLRC to hire local legal counsel in Richmond. After
many telephone calls, Richmond civil rights attorney Thomas Roberts agrees to help. May 30, 2003 Suit filed in Federal Court. Personal pressure was put on Richmond attorney Roberts by DuPont. Roberts talked of withdrawing
from the case. September 11, 2003 Roberts served (but did
not file) a Motion to Withdraw as local counsel. North Carolina Attorney Kirk Lyons of SLRC files a response to the Motion
to Withdraw. It asks that Roberts remain in the case until the inevitable DuPont Motion to Dismiss
is filed and responded to because, without local counsel, the SLRC cannot file a response. Upon calling the
Clerk to make sure SLRC's response to the Motion to Withdraw was filed, the Clerk informs Mr. Lyons that no Motion to
Withdraw had been filed. Mr. Lyons calls Roberts, but gets no response. September 17, 2003 Roberts proceeds to
file the Amended Complaint and serves DuPont on September 22. Without any notice to Mr. Lyons, the
SLRC, or his clients (!), Roberts files his Motion to Withdraw as local counsel. With no notice to the clients and, more importantly, no hearing, the Court
allows Roberts to withdraw and orders Mr. Lyons to be "expeditious" in finding new local counsel. Mr. Lyons begins by calling every Richmond area American Trial Lawyers
Association member to find new local counsel. October 16, 2003 The SLRC receives DuPont's
Motion to Dismiss. October 17, 2003 The SLRC receives a
letter from DuPont's counsel threatening sanctions against Mr. Lyons, personally, if the lawsuit is not dismissed within
21 days. Sanctions under Rule 11 is punishment meted out to attorney's who file "frivolous" lawsuits. The
punishment is usually to pay the other side's legal bill for having to defend against it. November 7, 2003 The 21 days passes. Mr.
Lyons tells the besieging DuPont forces "NUTS," to their invitation for him to surrender. True to their promise
DuPont files Rule 11 Sanctions personally against Mr. Lyons. One of DuPont's goals
in filing sanctions is to effectively scare off any local attorney from helping the clients. For this DuPont's
attorney's should be sanctioned! DuPont also hopes to have the case dismissed by default. After the
sanctions threat it became impossible for Mr. Lyons to find local Richmond counsel. Some attorneys even laughed
in fear of DuPont. DuPont makes it clear that they will sanction ANY attorney that signs on with the SLRC and comes against
DuPont. The Court, realizing that a severe due process problem is looming, makes
an attempt to get two different attorney's involved as local counsel. Both attorneys are afraid and refused. November 17, 2003 The Court then takes the unprecedented step of allowing Mr. Lyons to practice in the case without local
Richmond counsel! November 24, 2003 Client's response to
the Motion to Dismiss is officially filed, as well as Mr. Lyons' response to DuPont's sanctions. November 25, 2003 The
Court dismisses the case! It indicates it is also seriously considering imposing sanctions against
Mr. Lyons! It orders more briefing on several points, the question being not if sanctions will be imposed,
but how much! After its cavalier dismissal of the lawsuit, the Court does graciously
indicate it will grant a hearing on the sanctions against Mr. Lyons! December 5, 2003 The SLRC and Mr.
Lyons file a Motion for Reconsideration on the Motion to Dismiss, alluding to several factual errors in the Judge's Memorandum of
Dismissal and the requested additional briefing on sanctions. The Federal Judge in Richmond is apparently not listening
and apparently will not hear the case. He is obviously aware DuPont's attorneys are using forceful
bullish tactics against the aggrieved employee's attorneys. January 15, 2004 Incredibly, the court denies Mr. Lyons' Motion to Reconsider and orders DuPont
to file by January 20 a motion for fees and costs to be assessed against the Dupont 7! Mr. Lyons' will
have until January 23 to respond and Friday, January 30, 2004 at 2:00 p.m. Oral arguments are scheduled on January 30th at the Federal Courthouse.
Another Interesting Lawsuit: The Hypocrisy of DuPont Corporation:
.:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:. Translation: What does E.I. du Pont de Nemours, Co mean? .:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:. About the Dupont 7: One: I've worked for DuPont for
30 years. My great great grandfather George W. Hutchison was a 1st Lt. in the 46th Va. Infantry (Company K) and served
under General Wise. His four brothers, Daniel Taney Hutchison, Martin Van Buren Hutchison, John Floyd Hutchison and
James Jackson Hutchison, also served in the Civil War. Love for my family's history was responsible for my
association and membership in Sons of Confederate Veterans. Because of my membership with a Confederate Civil War organization,
DuPont managers called me a racist to my face. DuPont managers ordered me to erase all signs of my association with
my family's history and called my Southern Cross of St. Andrew flag a living symbol of HATE, a filthy
flag. Two: I worked for DuPont for 40 years.
My great grandfather Robert Lewis served in the 1st Va. Artillery during the first two years of the
Civil War. My great grandfather John Pocklington served as a ship's carpenter in the Confederate Navy at Rockett's Landing.
My wife's great uncle Jessie Williams served in the 56th Va. Infantry, was wounded at Gettysburg and sent to a Union prison
at Ft. Delaware, N.J. It is interesting to note that the plant manager, when asked early on what would happen if
someone was accidentally shot or injured on the street where our vigil takes place (we often have bottles or other things
thrown at us) every Thursday, stated .............."So be it." Three: I worked at DuPont for over 30 years.
My great grandfather Nathanial G. Jones served as a Sgt. in the 23rd Va. Infantry and again
as a Pvt. in the 18th Va. Infantry. He was wounded in his left shoulder as he charged across the field with 13,000 soldiers
at the Battle of Gettysburg, then captured and sent to a Union prison at Davis Island, NY. He was released and
rejoined the army in Richmond, where he was captured at Hatcher's Run, southwest of Petersburg, and again sent to a Union
prison at Pt. Lookout, MD, where he remained until the end of the Civil War. Years ago, I joined the Sons of Confederate Veterans
organization and I placed a small southern flag emblem on the bumper of my car in respect for my relatives. Two
years ago, my Dupont supervisor ordered me to remove or put black tape over my southern flag emblem on my automobile bumper. I
was surprised to hear my supervisor threaten to fire me if I did not comply with his directive. I complied and
covered my flag with tape. A short time later, someone crashed into the back of my car bending the bumper under the car.
The tape was torn and the emblem was facing down toward the road, under the car. The flag emblem could not be seen unless
you viewed it from under the car. Apparently, the DuPont security guards called my supervisor and I was summoned and
ordered to again put black tape over the flag emblem under the car. Four: My great grandfather on my mother's side was Andrew Alexander
Giles, Private, Nelson Light Artillery (Lambkins artillery). He was present at the bombardment
of Fort Sumter and he enlisted shortly thereafter. He was a brave Christian man and was wounded at the
Battle of the Crater in Petersburg Va. and was buried at Blandford Church Cemetery close to
where he received his mortal wounds. My relatives died defending their families, their homes, and
fought under their sacred ensign called the Southern Cross, the Cross of St. Andrew, a reglious symbol. DuPont called the southern flag "despicable" but embraces the "Rainbow" homosexual flag as "respectable" in their
workplace. We are living a DuPont nightmare of archetypal dystopia in Aldous Huxley's Brave New World of "Newspeak." Six: Insert Seven: Insert .:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:. What This Case Means To You:
First they came for the communists, and I did not speak
out --because I was not a communist; Then they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out
--because I was not a socialist; Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak
out --because I was not a trade unionist; Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out -- because I was not a Jew; Then they came for me -- and there was no one left to speak out for me.
The Vigil Continues: We encourage Richmonders to join the vigil every Thursday at 3:30 p.m.
in front of the DuPont Spruance Plant located at 5401 Jefferson Davis Highway, Chesterfield, Richmond, VA 23234. .:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:. How You Can Help: Donate to The Southern Legal Resource Center
..... Southern Legal Resource Center Email: slrc@slrc-csa.org Telephone: 828-669-5189 Pray for the DuPont 7. Pray for the success of the SLRC and Mr. Lyons as he faces the prospect
of sanctions for zealously advocating on behalf of his clients - the DuPont 7!
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