Monday, April 04, 2005

WHO IS RANDALL TERRY?

Christian activist Randall Terry has reappeared in the news in recent days as the spokesman for the parents of Terri Schiavo. Terry, founder of the anti-abortion group Operation Rescue and the Society for Truth and Justice, appeared on Fox News at least four times in the past four days -- on the March 18 edition of Hannity & Colmes, and during live coverage of the Schiavo case on March 20 and March 21. But Terry has a controversial past that was not fully disclosed in any of his Fox News appearances or on the March 19 edition of National Public Radio's Weekend Edition, which aired a brief clip from Terry. In all but one of those instances, Terry was identified only as the Schindler family spokesman.

For the rest of the story, go to http://mediamatters.org/items/200503220001 .

Here is one of his quotes:

"Let a wave of intolerance wash over you. I want you to let a wave of hatred wash over you. Yes, hate is good.... If a Christian voted for Clinton, he sinned against God. It's that simple. Our goal is a Christian Nation. we have a biblical duty, we are called by God to conquer this country. We don't want equal time. We don't want Pluralism. We want theocracy. Theocracy means God rules. I've got a hot flash. God rules."

My opinion? I sure wouldn't want this guy being my spokesman. I wouldn't want him running the country, either. He has his right to speak out, and we need to defend that. It just seems a shame to me that there is a substantial number of Americans that take him seriously!

Lots of non-Christians are tolerant, or at least fairly tolerant of Christians, and vice-versa. Is Randall Terry an exception to the rule? I don't believe he is saying things most Christians would like to say but are afraid to. I don't believe most Christians have that kind of hatred in them.

1 Comments:

Blogger Sheryl said...

Geez, these are weird times. :(

1:31 AM  

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