TagsTagsGeorge Tiller, Abortion, Crime, Extremism, Hate Speech, Scott Roeder
This is an HBO documentary that was part of their “America Undercover” series, and it’s highly pertinent right now with the murder of Dr. George Tiller in the news; a disturbing look at the mentality of the kinds of people who commit murder in the name of religion. The film is ...
George Tiller, Abortion, Crime, Extremism, Hate Speech, Scott Roeder, Army of God
Now the news is coming out: murder suspect Scott Roeder’s contacts with Operation Rescue adviser Cheryl Sullenger (convicted of conspiracy to bomb an abortion clinic in 1988) were much more frequent than she first acknowledged. Apparently, Roeder was in touch with her as recently as the beginning of this year, ...
George Tiller, Abortion, Crime, Extremism, Hate Speech, Scott Roeder, Operation Rescue, Cheryl Sullenger
Former radical anti-abortionist Frank Schaeffer apologizes for his extreme rhetoric and calls out the anti-abortion movement: We who sowed hate share blame in killing of abortion doctor. I don’t agree with everything he writes in his piece, but the conclusion is right on target: The same hate machine I was part ...
A so-called “Christian” blogger compares suspected murderer Scott Roeder to Dietrich Bonhoeffer — the man who attempted to assassinate Adolf Hitler — and suggests that murder might be an appropriate way to deal with doctors who perform abortions: The ethics of murder. Are these times, and the circumstances we find ...
George Tiller, Abortion, Crime, Extremism, Hate Speech, Jill Stanek
One of the most despicable blog posts (in a field with many competitors) about the murder of Dr. George Tiller, from 23-year old anti-abortion fanatic Gingi Edmonds: George Tiller the Baby Killer. I’m trying to remember, did anyone mourn Lee Harvey Oswald when Jack Ruby gunned him down? Or better ...
George Tiller, Abortion, Crime, Extremism, Hate Speech, Scott Roeder, Gingi Edmonds
As we noted last Sunday, when murder suspect Scott Roeder was arrested, the phone number of Operation Rescue was discovered on a Post-It note in his car. Now it turns out that this wasn’t just the phone number of the Operation Rescue office, but of a specific person: Cheryl Sullenger, the ...
George Tiller, Abortion, Crime, Extremism, Hate Speech, Scott Roeder, Operation Rescue, Cheryl Sullenger
Here’s Randall Terry, founder of the extreme anti-abortion group Operation Rescue, with a deplorable statement on the murder of Dr. George Tiller that may make you nauseous. Quote: “He reaped what he sowed.” [Video] This is domestic terrorism, in your face. It’s the equivalent of an Al Qaeda video following a terrorist attack, ...
George Tiller, Abortion, Crime, Extremism, Comments, Hate Speech, Scott Roeder, Randall Terry, Operation Rescue
Scott Roeder, under arrest for the murder of Dr. George Tiller, is a poster boy for that DHS report on “right wing extremism” that was so vilified and distorted. He was involved in the “Freemen” movement, and arrested in 1996 with a load of bomb-making equipment in his car: Suspect in ...
George Tiller, Abortion, Crime, Extremism, Comments, Hate Speech, Scott Roeder, DHS
Lifenews.com is trying like crazy to distance themselves from Scott Roeder, the anti-abortion nutjob suspected of killing Dr. George Tiller; look at how they distort the truth in this article: Suspected George Tiller Shooter Scott Roeder Won’t be Charged Today in Killing. Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) — Local authorities are not ...
George Tiller, Abortion, Crime, Extremism, Comments, Hate Speech, Scott Roeder
The man arrested on suspicion of murdering Dr. George Tiller has been identified as Scott Roeder: The gunman fled, but a 51-year-old suspect was detained some 170 miles away in suburban Kansas City three hours after the shooting, Wichita Deputy Police Chief Tom Stolz said. Although Stolz refused to release the ...
George Tiller, Abortion, Crime, Extremism, Comments, Hate Speech, Scott Roeder
At Free Republic, they’re celebrating the murder of Dr. George Tiller. From the following two threads: Report: George Tiller Shot To Death [Child Murderer Killed At Wichita Church] George Tiller (Child Murderer) shot to death at Wichita church ... a selection of comments, among hundreds (if not thousands) of similar comments: I’m not ...
George Tiller, Abortion, Crime, Extremism, Comments, Hate Speech
KWCH in Kansas reports that the suspected murderer of abortion doctor George Tiller has been arrested near the town of Gardner. Eyewitness News has confirmed the suspect in the shooting of Dr. George Tiller is in custody in the Kansas City area. Wichita police say the man was arrested near ...
Dr. George Tiller, the controversial abortion clinic doctor who specialized in providing late-term abortions, was murdered as he walked into church this morning. WICHITA, Kan. — Dr. George Tiller, a Kansas man who became one of the most famous figures in the national debate over abortion, was shot and killed ...
President Obama is about to speak at Notre Dame’s commencement ceremony; here’s an open thread to discuss, as Alan Keyes and Randall Terry gnash their teeth, and the audience gives Obama a standing ovation... UPDATE at 5/17/09 12:44:12 pm: Here’s the Text of Obama’s Notre Dame speech. Since it’s the big issue ...
Barack Obama, Notre Dame, Alan Keyes, Lambs of Christ, Abortion
Not one of these people uttered a word of protest when Notre Dame University tried to bring radical Islamist Tariq Ramadan to the school, to make him chairman of the Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies. But Tariq Ramadan is in favor of the death penalty for homosexuals, so ...
Barack Obama, Notre Dame, Tariq Ramadan, Alan Keyes, Lambs of Christ, Abortion
An editorial in London’s Times Online: The incredible shrinking elephant - Why moderate US Republicans must stand up for themselves. The background to Mr Specter’s defection is a case in point. He is unquestionably an opportunist, abandoning the Republicans only when it became clear that staying with them would cost ...
Arlen Specter, Republican Party, Democratic Party, Far Right, social conservatism, Abortion
On “Meet the Press” this morning, Senator Arlen Specter said a big factor in his decision to become a Democrat was that the Republican Party had moved “far to the right.” Specter told David Gregory on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that he had determined “with polls and a lot of ...
Arlen Specter, Republican Party, Democratic Party, Far Right, social conservatism, Abortion
Social conservatives are up in arms about RNC chairman Michael Steele’s less than pure opposition to abortion, and calling for his job. Allahpundit puts up a poll: Is it time for Steele to go? I’m curious to see how LGF readers feel on the subject, so here’s our own poll: [Poll]
RNC chairman Michael Steele told an interviewer that he supports “individual choice” in abortion, and now all heck has broken loose; Steele is trying to spin it, but fundamental pro-lifers are not amused: Steele, under fire, walks back ‘choice’ remark. This is Steele’s latest statement, supporting the GOP platform’s call for ...
P. J. O’Rourke has one of the best election postmortems I’ve read so far: We Blew It. In how many ways did we fail conservatism? And who can count that high? Take just one example of our unconserved tendency to poke our noses into other people’s business: abortion. Democracy—be it ...
P. J. O'Rourke, conservatism, Social Conservatives, Abortion, Democracy
In an article about right-of-center blog reactions to the Obama victory (you knew this was coming), Hatington Post smear merchant Jason Linkins seems to approve of what I wrote about social conservatives earlier today, titling his link to LGF: “Hey! Let me make total sense for just a second!” Hey, Jason! ...
Election 2008, Barack Obama, Social Conservatives, Abortion, Creationism, Fundamentalism, Huffington Post
Some interesting comments from David Frum, as the GOP soul-searching and finger-pointing begins: Republicans face fraught choice between two roads to revival. A generation ago, Republicans dominated among college graduates. In 1984 and 1988, Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush won states like California, Pennsylvania and Connecticut – states that ...
Election 2008, Barack Obama, Social Conservatives, Abortion, Creationism, Fundamentalism
Just as I’ve been writing for more than a month, she supports the teaching of evolution as “an accepted principle.” Quote: “Science should be taught in science class.” (And that does not include “intelligent design.”) UPDATE at 9/30/08 6:41:31 pm: The video is way out of sync with the audio. Good work, CBS. ...
Election 2008, Sarah Palin, Creationism, Evolution, Abortion, katie couric
Katie Couric is perkily asking readers for input on which questions she should ask Sarah Palin. Right now I’m preparing to interview Gov. Sarah Palin, and I’m really excited about this chance to sit down with a woman who has stirred things up in the third act of a very ...
Election 2008, Sarah Palin, Creationism, Evolution, Abortion, katie couric