Scott Roeder is likely to spend the rest of his life in prison for the murder of George Tiller. At the very least, he'll by 75 years old before he can even think about parole. However, several abortion-rights supporters fear that Roeder's conviction could lead to more violence.
[T]hose who share Roeder's passionate, militant belief against abortion were outraged: One said they are getting tired of being treated as a "piece of dirt" unable to express the reasons for such acts in court. So while relieved at the outcome, abortion-rights advocates worry a verdict that should be a deterrent will instead further embolden those prone to violence.
"Many of those who came here in his support will be key to making (Roeder) a martyr for their cause — all in furtherance of advocating deadly violence," said Kathy Spillar, executive vice president of the Feminist Majority Foundation.
Based on what some demonstrators at Roeder's trial had to say after the verdict came down, their fears seem justified.
I read Bruce Wilson's posts on dKos and Talk To Action regarding the "Pray For Newark" initiative with particular alarm. While Pray for Newark appears to espouse an admirable goal--community empowerment--it's actually part and parcel of the Latter Rain. It brought back ugly memories of an experience I had back in my college days.
As many of you know, for a brief time in my freshman year at Carolina, I was a member of a campus ministry that is part of one of the more insidious Latter Rain outfits, Every Nation. It's been 14 years, and yet the scars still run very deep. However, I only got bits and pieces of just how bad it was. Just like Pray for Newark, Every Nation's goals appear admirable at the surface. In this case, they're very big on racial reconciliation. However, as I found out in my six months in there, and the years since, there's a nasty underside. I've spent most of the last five years helping put the light on that underside.
In a thinly-veiled reference to the campaign of President Barack Obama, Archbishop Emeritus of St. Louis, Raymond Burke, charged that Americans are "embracing a totalitarianism which masks itself as the 'hope,' the 'future' of our nation," at a Mass held in Phoenix on January 12.
The December 20, 2009, New York Times ran a lengthy article by David D. Kirkpatrick about Robert P. George, "The Conservative-Christian Big Thinker." The occasion was release of George's "Manhattan Declaration" signed by the usual leaders of the Religious Right.
[This is a partial transcription of a sermon/speech Lou Engle, Founder of TheCall gave on September 25, 2007, in Los Angeles. The full sermon is slightly over 63 minutes. This partial transcript is of the first 12 and 1/2 minutes.]
It's gratifying to know "America's most powerful pastor" seems to have taken notice of my videos, showcasing Rick Warren's 2005 speech at California's Anaheim Angels Stadium, during which Warren outlined a "stealth" program to take the world and called on his listening to show the sort of devotion to Jesus as followers of Hitler, Lenin, and Mao gave to their respective leaders.
About eleven hours ago Rick Warren issued the following grumbly late-night California tweet on Twitter,
Right Jo. You can make anyone say anything if you control the video editing! For the whole story
Well, readers can judge for themselves. Here's the more popular of the two videos:
The principle of the Hyde Amendment, which restricted federal funds from paying for abortion back in 1976 -- is now seen as an acceptable, "abortion neutral" position for the prochoice Democratic Party. How did the most significant antiabortion legislation in history become a moderate compromise? I discuss this in an article at Religion Dispatches. Here are a few excerpts:
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