Anti-abortion activist Randall Terry, arrested a month ago while protesting President Barack Obama's speech at Notre Dame, and who often targeted the late George Tiller, is not at all saddened by today's tragedy.
He's not at all sad that a man, while fulfilling the role of an usher at church on this Sunday morning, was shot down while his wife was right there in the choir.
Randall Terry is no Christian.
Per the Associated Press, Randall Terry refused to offer any sign of sympathy or human decency in his statement regarding the assassination. There was none of the compassion that Jesus Christ would have encouraged, but only the venom of a snake. What he said is just outright toxic and ought to be remembered forever, for this is the kind of person that Randall Terry is;
"George Tiller was a mass murderer and we cannot stop saying that," Terry said. "He was an evil man - his hands were covered with blood."
Terry said he was now concerned that the Obama administration "will use Tiller's killing to intimidate pro-lifers into surrendering our most effective rhetoric and actions."
This "pro-lifer" is the one worried about intimidation? When was the last time an anti-abortion activist was protested, harassed, shot at, and murdered? When was the last time that abortion-rights activists came into a house of God to shoot a man down in front of his wife, friends, and fellow Christians?
What is this "effective rhetoric" and what are these "effective actions" that Mr. Terry is afraid of losing? The rhetoric that incites gun-toting psychos to do what some, perhaps even Mr. Terry, would consider to be "God's work"? If this is the work of their God, they are quite clearly not worshiping the God described in the Bible. And what actions is he afraid of having to surrender? The non-stop harassment and persecution of this man? The venom and shit being flung upon his name while his friends and family mourn?
I may not be Keith Olbermann, but today Randall Terry is at least the second-worst person in the world.
Update:
On further reflection, I think it's always worth noting that there is no conceivable way to spin around "thou shalt not murder". To try and put a different twist on that, to try and defile the spirit of the words Moses brought down from the mountain, is to bear false witness against God.
Also, please read a Kossack's thoughts on the George Tiller she knew.
A previous version of this diary incorrectly stated that Randall Terry was speaking to the Associated Press. Also, thanks to the commentators who noted several mistakes in the body of the diary.