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From: Susan Wyatt <>
Subject: Re: [Huguenot] Huguenot Society of America?
Date: Sun, 01 Oct 2000 13:47:05 -0700


> I am vibrantly connected to my Huguenot ancestors and I am not a Protestant.
>

You also present your case eloquently and persuasively, Lynn. However, the facts of life are that Catholics were at one
time the deadly enemies of Huguenots, and sad though it may be, it may take many more years before the wounds are
healed. I applaud your desire to be a part of the healing process. Thanks for writing.
Susan in California





wrote:

> Regarding Huguenots and religion
> Governor Kieft granted Lady Deborah Moody a patent granting freedom of
> religion. (1646?) Then Governor Stuyvesant gave permission that the 27
> Jewish refugees live and work in the colony. (1654?) In 1657 the Flushing
> Remonstrance was signed in support of the Quaker residents. Peter Stuyvesant
> engaged in a heads on battle with John Bowne, a Quaker. He put John Bowne in
> a dungeon and ultimately sent him to Holland for a trial. The Dutch West
> Indies Company had sent a letter supporting freedom of religion before Bowne
> got there and at his trial voted in favor of the patent given Lady Moody.
> They effectively told Stuyvesant to lay-off.
>
> Our constitution could not have been written without the benefit of over a
> century of various religions living side by side The divisive religious bent
> was no longer part of the fabric of our lives. I have always been thankful
> the leaders in the constitutional convention were Masons or supported Masonic
> concepts. We are left with a document that has religious freedom as a
> foundation.
>
> As I enter the 21st century my Huguenot ancestors would applaud the work I am
> doing in infusing an ethical component in technology systems, in creating a
> mechanism for global peace, and contributing new jobs streams to our economy.
> I have a major work on the framework on the constitution. A part of the
> system included reverse arrows of time, the Huguenots who are my ancestors
> are included in the model for global peace.
>
> Any descendant who perpetrates a fixed-closed system excluding descendants
> based on religion is hearing a different drumbeat than I am. Furthermore
> when I questioned the policy, I received a personal attack from the president
> . His response sends chills through my spine and it is exactly what I am
> against.
>
> If you do want an exclusionary society, I suggest you make a list of the
> actual beliefs that were held in the Dutch Reformed Church in 1640 to 1664
> and have every member sign the statement. It would exclude not only
> individuals like me but Protestants who do not have exactly the same beliefs.
> If you are going to be exclusionary, do it meaningfully. I think that is an
> oxymoron.
>
> I work every day of my life to bring great honor to my ancestors. I believe
> it is through the collective merit of my ancestors that I have been granted
> the opportunity to bring great good into this planet. There is not one
> minute I do not respect their direct connection to God, their basic kindness.
> and the zest in their lives. As far as I can tell my ancestors did not
> accept the status quo and were always creating life in these United States
> anew. The Huguenots came here as did most of the early colonists to escape
> religious oppression. The good part is despite their personal beliefs and
> hardships, they granted the first religious freedom to others.
>
> I am vibrantly connected to my Huguenot ancestors and I am not a Protestant.
> Lynn Phifer
>
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