June 1, 2009
We Didn't Kill George Tiller
Operation Rescue's Randall Terry: Arch Opponents Will Now Unfairly Tar The Pro-Life Movement For George Tiller's Murder
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Play CBS Video Video Terry Defends Operation Rescue "CBS News RAW:" Randall Terry, the outspoken founder of the pro-life group Operation Rescue, reacted to the murder of controversial abortion practitioner Dr. George Tiller.
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The body of Dr. George Tiller is removed from Reformation Lutheran Church on Sunday (AP/Travis Heying, Wichita Eagle)
Abortionist George Tiller is dead.
I grieve for him that he did not have an opportunity to properly prepare his soul to face his Maker. Unless some miracle happened, he left this life with his hands drenched with the innocent blood of tens of thousands of babies that he murdered. Surely there will be a dreadful accounting for what he has done.
It now falls to pro-life leaders like myself to stand strong and unflinching in the face of the unjust criticism we will now endure because of his killing. And so I turn my attention to the attacks that will follow his death.
We must use this as a “teaching moment;” a chance for “dialogue” with our fellow Americans concerning this terrific holocaust of the unborn.
George Tiller was a mass murderer. He routinely killed innocent children who were “viable.” For the unlearned, that means that they could live outside the womb on their own. He specialized in killing “handicapped” children whose parents decided that they were not fit to live. He even offered photographs of the dead children and baptisms for the victims that fell under his knife.
According to God’s laws, and the laws that govern how we protect the innocent in times of peace, George Tiller was one of the most evil men on the planet; every bit as vile as the Nazi war criminals who were hunted down, tried, and sentenced after they participated in the “legal” murder of the Jews that fell into their hands.
I write all of these words with surgical precision to shore up the more timid elements of the pro-life movement. Pro-life leaders are already falling over themselves to exclaim, “We are peaceful! We deplore this violence!”
Of course we are peaceful; that is why this horrific shooting in a church has immediately garnered national attention. It is precisely because we are peaceful that Dr. Tiller’s killing sticks out like a huge wart on an otherwise flawless complexion. If abortionists were gunned down every week, it would gather no more attention than crack dealers who are gunned down every week.
For those surprised by my words, let me tell you exactly why I am using such clear and unflinching rhetoric.
Here is what is about to happen: The arch proponents of child killing such as Planned Parenthood, the National Organization of Women, NARAL, and a host of other enemies of children are going to blame the pro-life movement for Dr. Tiller’s death.
These child killers, and their allies in the Obama administration and on Capitol Hill, will attempt to browbeat the pro-life movement into surrendering our most effective weapons in this battle: our rhetoric, our actions, and our images.
Concerning rhetoric, they will blame those of us who call abortion “murder” and say that it is this highly charged rhetoric that inspires people to “take the law into their own hands.”
Concerning actions, they will say that our protests and vigils and sit-ins are responsible for the shooting.
Concerning images, they will whine that the pictures of babies murdered at the hands of Tiller and other abortionists incite people to acts of violence.
All of these accusations are lies.
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Beyond that, these foolish accusations fly in the face of equally radical rhetoric, images, and images in the civil rights movement, the suffragette movement, and the abolitionist movement. If Dr. Martin Luther King had followed the advice of the timid in his day, President Obama would still be riding in the back of the bus. It is precisely because we are peaceful that Dr. Tiller’s killing sticks out like a huge wart on an otherwise flawless complexion.
Randall A. TerryThis column was written by Randall A. Terry, the founder of Operation Rescue..
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See all 104 CommentsAre you serious? According to your words ("anyone who has had one, many women"), every single woman who has had an abortion is in PAIN?? That simply isn't true. You either know very few women who have had an abortion or you're simply making this up to suit your own agenda. Of all the woman I know who have terminated a pregnancy (yes, myself included) , none of them/us have suffered ANY ill effects. We all evaluated the situation and made our decision comfortably and without reservation. I do not regret my decision, never have. This does not mean that any of us made that decision lightly. I will say, however, that a small minority of women may regret their decision. But to make such a broad sweeping statement that is based on nothing is just so wrong and completely unproductive. Now do you understand why some pro-choice people make generalizations about the anti-choice movement??
THE LEFT CAN'T WIN THE ARGUEMENT SO IT STARTS THROWING ROCKS!
Posted by kristianinal
I haven't read in the 12 pages of script here, that anti-abortion view, in itself, was "pro-domestic terror". Have your ANTI-CHOICE views. But condoning the killing of someone who doesn't agree with your "views"...that is domestic terror. I'm a little surprised you haven't understood that. You have been posting all through these threads.
By the way...there is no WIN to this argument. There are differeing opinions, and there always will be.
Hiker56, well said. Thank you. It bears repeating "Stop calling these groups 'Pro-life"!!!!
It's a false image they are trying to portray especially when they feed domestic terrorism like this. They are 'anti-choice', nothing more."
Concerning actions, they will say that our protests and vigils and sit-ins are responsible for the shooting. "
No one is saying that your protests and vigils are responsible for this. They are saying that your rhetoric of comparing Tiller with Nazi's is what caused this and they are very likely more right than wrong. It still took a right wing nut to pull the trigger, but your inflamed and hypocritical rhetoric got him moving.
It's a false image they are trying to portray especially when they feed domestic terrorism like this.
They are 'anti-choice', nothing more.
Posted by skyk-2009 at 6:09 AM : Jun 4, 2009
Agreed!
Posted by ubrew12 at 10:19 PM : Jun 3, 2009
Couldn't one just have a "C" section?
The Christian Taliban must be shut down.
Posted by luke_4u at 4:58 AM : Jun 4, 200
YOUR opinion is NOT law and Your beliefs are necessarily right. You say this LAW ABIDING Doctor brought this act of Terror on himself. Just how so? Just tell me what is different between YOU and the Taliban? What makes YOUR actions any different? You have decided that YOU and not our Courts are going to determine what is right and wrong, what is or isn't moral. Who made YOU God? Face if, you and all like you are nothing but common Terrorist who want nothing more than to force people to follow YOUR Religious Beliefs... Force them out of FEAR and HATE!
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That is because there is agreement on this issue. No one supports this, unless the health of the mother is in jeopardy, or rape or incest, which make up such a small pct of these. And if you look at the record, this dr did not perform late term abortions unless the fetus was not healthy, or what I listed above.
well skyk2009 it looks like you're up to your old jibber jabber again. i didn't realize that they now let mental patients acces the internet.
Posted by picklepants7 at 5:38 AM : Jun 4, 2009
It's easy why people as uneducated as you can't understand the English language unless some talking head tells you what to think. If you do NOT understand the difference between prostitution and a Womans REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS... if you do NOT understand the difference between making a law saying a person can NOT commit an act of suicide and the Government taking control of a womans Reproductive Organs, there isn't much reason to talk to you. Our Constitution says a loud as it can be said when a person is covered by that document...it's AT BIRTH! Now if given a choice between who should make decisions about that womans body BEFORE that event, I say it should be the Woman. But that's MY opinion but then I'm not out there committing acts of Terror, I'm not involved with TERRORIST Organizations to FORCE my Religious Beliefs on others... YOU ARE!!
WOMEN IN THIS COUNTRY COULD NOT VOTE FOR ABOUT THE SAME TIME AS SLAVERY EXISTED.
THIS WAS ALL "LEGAL." IT WAS THE LAW OF THE LAND. THIS WAS ALL HELD UP IN THE SUPREME COURT.
BUT WAS SLAVERY AND DENIAL OF WOMENS SUFFRAGE MORAL?
Posted by kristianinal at 5:11 AM : Jun 4, 2009
There are methods to change the law IF it is not right.. TERROR is NOT one of them!
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