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So was Dr. Teller doing anything illegal, what he was doing was completely legal, you don't target the individual who is doing something that was completely legal in this country with protests, threats of violence, or destruction of his workplace or the people working for him, you work to change the law, not threaten or murder those who were abiding by the law.
I agree.
He was doing a legal activity. He did not deserve to be shot, or threatened with violence. He was not breaking the law. I believe however, that the law is wrong.
People do have the right to protest under the First Amendment, though.
Enough "pro-life" people on this very forum have celebrated the murder of this doctor to make it clear that, while they are doing what they must publicly, behind closed doors there is a great celebration of this murder going on.
Just read through the threads on this forum if you doubt me. It is disgusting.
Those that are "celebrating" this man's death behind closed doors are the ones doing so right in here as well. I do not agree with the way some Christians have acted over this. Those of us who have said we do not condone that act, are not acting any differently about it in our home.
If I was "happy" about it, I'd tell you so in here. I think it's a shame, and I feel so much for his family. Am I mourning him? No. Am I celebrating his death? No.
He was doing a legal activity. He did not deserve to be shot, or threatened with violence. He was not breaking the law. I believe however, that the law is wrong.
Then you work towards changing the law, just the way the law was enacted to begin with.
People do have the right to protest under the First Amendment, though.
Granted people do have a right to protest under the First Amendment but it doesn't give you the right to the destruction of private property or to keep people from going to their jobs, regardless of whether you agree with those jobs are not and does not give you the right to make threats towards those individuals that are only doing their job.
"Scott Roeder, 51, of Merriam, Kan., whom authorities have described as a suspect in Sunday’s fatal shooting here of George Tiller, was once a subscriber and occasional contributor to a newsletter, Prayer and Action News, said Dave Leach, an anti-abortion activist from Des Moines who runs the newsletter. Mr. Leach said that he had met Mr. Roeder once, and that Mr. Roeder had described similar views to his own on abortion.
Commenting on Dr. Tiller’s death, Mr. Leach said, “To call this a crime is too simplistic.” He added, “There is Christian scripture that would support this."
My favorite (one of my favorite) quotes goes something like this: Your character is who you are when no one is watching.
If there are "Christians" who are celebrating behind closed doors...well then I guess they've forgotten that you can't hide from God.
They're not hiding from God -- they think that abortion doctor-killers are doing God's work.
Call them "Christians" all you like -- they still worship Christ and believe that He wants them to carry out murder in His name.
No one will take this "pro-life" movement seriously until it moves from the womb into the real world.
It is great to fight to end abortion, but also fight to end poverty, environmental devastation of the ecosystems that sustain all life, to ween us off the automobile that kills over 40,000 people every year in the United States alone, and challenge leaders who seek to lead us into frivolous wars that murder hundreds of thousands of innocent lives.
Then we will take your "condemnation" seriously. Until then, it's just mindless lip service.
Good post.
The anti-abortion people are media savvy and understand public relations to their benefit. This "condemnation" is what they tell to the media. What do they tell their followers?
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