Notes of Interest
Long Live The Conspiracy
Ah, to be loved by Uncle Sam. After Abortionist Britton and his accomplice,
wayward American soldier James Barrett, were aborted together in Pensacola,
enraged 'borts called upon Janet Nero to sniff out a conspiracy among the
signatories of the Defensive Action statement previously circulated all over
the world by now-accused abortionist slayer Paul Hill. That statement, which
has been displayed all over national TV, applies the legal doctrine of
justifiable homicide to the case in point: the use of lethal force to defend
the preborn.
We think she's on to us. But we are going to reveal to you folks, our loyal
readers, the truth - even before FBI discovers the whole story. This is it.
After planning together all kinds of slick underground activity against
abortionists, we tired of the lack of personal attention and decided to just
go public by signing (what Hillary's Justice Department calls) a "pact."
That way we could draw attention to ourselves and find relief from the lack
of notoriety and boredom which we were suffering. There you have it. We
hope you will be patient with our frail human natures. We were simply
overwhelmed with the lust for attention and the glory of being jailed.
Christianity Today (in search of a backbone)
In "In Reluctant Praise of Extremism," the largest evangelical periodical
offered belated praise to the blockading of abortion clinics (Tim Stafford,
CT, October 16, 1992). The cover features a caricature drawing of Randall
Terry with John Brown in the background. This clear implication is that Terry
is an extremist comparable to Brown. Stafford says,
"I shy away from extremists. I have seen too many churches and communities
disrupted by their all-or-nothing campaigns and have heard too many
discussions stopped cold by their yes-or-no alternative. Lately I have had
second thoughts, though, due to my readings in abolitionist history. For 30
years, "abolitionist" was a curse word in most parts of America, and for one
simple reason: abolitionists were extremists.
Yes, the abolitionists were the extremists for a while. But then came Brown,
who split heads in Kansas, and attempted to start a slave revolt in Virginia.
(How moderate the abolitionists now seem!) And this extremist is not only
memorialized occasionally in magazines, but daily in a museum (Harper's
Ferry), by a statue next to his farm house (Lake Placid, NY), and on a mural
in a state capital building (Topeka). After Brown, the abolitionists were
moderates. If Stafford wishes to continue the application of his
enlightenment regarding extremism and the anti-abortion movement, he needs to
take another look at those whom his magazine regularly condemns, viz.,
Griffin, Shannon, and Hill.
Stafford had awakened to the fact that the present anti-abortion "rescue
movement" and abolition are moral equivalents. Despite his tardiness in
providing a vast readership with much needed accurate moral analysis of this
anti-holocaust effort, his words serve the cause of Truth well:
Extreme causes seldom succeed, and almost never do they succeed speedily or
purely. The world stubbornly refuses to be improved. Extremists will suffer
frustration, and the better and purer their cause, the more galling their
frustration will be. If they build their lives and their faith too close to
the success of their cause, they will end up embittered people, their lives
and faith shattered by the obduracy of the world. Somehow faith in Christ
must be held deeper and more precious than the cause.
The fact is that abolitionism, a small band of extremists, died out. Hearts
were hardened, until later when they were beatened into a softness by a war.
Whatever the course, may we be found faithful.
Margie Pitt Hames (probably not resting in peace)
Departed and likely bound for hell after completing only 60 years on earth.
Struck by a heart attack on July 19, Hames had argued the Doe v. Bolton
case, expanding abortion rights on the basis of Roe. She also wielded a
heavy persecutorial hand in Atlanta against the blockaders in 1988. On
behalf of the abortion industry she demanded financial reparation for
abortion industrialists, fines be paid the city, and that the names of the
Baby Doe prisoners be obtained by the court for further punitive action.
May God have mercy upon this particularly wicked soul.
Repentant Abortionist!
One hears of them from time to time, thanks especially to the good work of
Joe Scheidler and his Prolife Action League. Documentation has been
displayed on video in the form of abortionists giving testimony of their
conversions.
Rumor has it that abortionist Abu Hayat, the fellow who cut off the arm of
Ana Rosa Rodriquez, has repented and become a Christian. He now serves a 33
year sentence and at age 70 will likely die there. He may be written at Reg.
#93A-5015, Room One, F-27, NYS Downstate Correctional Facility, Box (F) DCF,
Fishkill, NJ 12524. Apparently a Christian spoke the good Word to him
during his trial.
A Good Kennedy
The "bloody bitches" should be burned like medieval witches, said Rev.
Anthony Kennedy. He is a vicar of the Church of England and was talking
about female priests. He serves several small villages in Lincolnshire, in
central England and made the comments to as many newspapers. He told the
Guardian, "Let the bloody women go off and start their own politically
correct church and religion" (Washington Times, March 10, 1994). Amen.
On Dead Abortionists
We can't exactly say that we are tired of seeing pictures of dead
abortionists on the news. But we would like to see a little balance. How
about some pictures of one-armed Ana Rosa Rodriguez and an interview with her
relatives? Or how about featuring the relatives of Maurine Lynn Tyke on TV.
She was the Pennsylvania college student killed by Abortionist Britton a few
years before he, himself, was aborted in Pensacola. We are confident that a
little investigation could turn up a few relatives of the 30-plus victims out
there for interviews.
ALL's "Pro-Life Corner"
Distributed by Judie Brown's prominent prolife organization, the PLC is
designed to supply thoughts for church bulletins each week. Here are a few
of the more curious examples:
"February 13 - What can I do to help the pro-life movement? I can write a
letter, take a stand for life, counsel, comfort, volunteer, even hand someone
a leaflet."
"April 3 - Many people today are afraid to stand up and be counted as being
against abortion. If we truly believe abortion is murder, then we must act
as though it is murder!"
Hmm. There is something missing here.
Billy and Bill
Two born-again, good-ole boys. Yes, Bill used to send money to Billy
(Christianity Today, April 25, 1994). And Billy Graham has called for a
"wall of prayer around Bill Clinton" to support his presidency. After all,
"We're in a worldwide mess right now." "The press has gone too far," with
all the criticism of Bill's character (Washington Times, April 16, 1994).
What happened to the biblical idea of recognizing evildoers for what they are
and praying for their fall or demise (cf. Ps. 7, 25, 55, 58, 69, 79, 109,
137, 139)? Are we just too nice to abhor wickedness? Are we too sweet to
pray for the uprooting of it? How about a prayer to continue exposing evil
(Eph. 5:11), rather than cozying up to it (2 Cor. 6: 14, 15)? Where is Rev.
Graham's call for Clinton's church to discipline him for his blasphemous
behavior (1 Cor. 5)?
Michael Kinsley in Time
The August 15 edition features an essay by Kinsley in which he takes to ask
the establishment "prolifers" who babble on about abortion being murder while
denouncing those who act like it is. This liberal 'bort pundit was raising
the right questions for those good prolifers who have condemned the
terminations of abortionists. He says:
After all, the practical effect of such actions is not merely to put one baby
killer out of business but to chill the entire practice of abortion in
America. Surely during the real Holocaust it would have been "justifiable
homicide" to kill a German camp guard, if that would have slowed the feeding
of the gas chambers.
Bingo. Thanks for uttering that truth, Michael. Anybody else get that?
Kinsley goes on to expose the bold hypocrisy of the OR folks who have damned
Hill:
The Operation Rescue people are not pacifists. They do not believe in the
principle that violence is always wrong, even in response to violence. So
why not kill the doctors? Paul Hill understands their logic better than they
do.
The Ghandi Institute
John Whitehead's Rutherford Institute declined to defend Paul Hill. In an
August 11 press release the Institute "unequivocally condemns the use of
violence in the fight against abortion." Whitehead said, "It is important to
remember that all action should be aimed at assisting the helpless through
non-violent means and in helping the government to protect life and promote
freedom, not toward tearing down political structures."
We remember when Whitehead, an avid admirer of Francis Schaeffer, founded his
Institute. He was under the influence of Schaefer's Christian Manifesto
(Crossway Books, 1981). The book was dedicated to a seventeenth century
Scottish minister, Samuel Rutherford, who authored Lex Rex. Lex was outlawed
in Scotland and England because it was revolutionary. Rutherford would have
been tried and executed for treason had he not died of natural causes. Lex
Rex affirmed that when Law and prince were in conflict the Law of God was to
be obeyed, rather than the prince. Rutherford was not pacifist; nor was he a
devotee of nonviolence as a means of defending innocent lives from the threat
of imminent death.
In contrast to Rutherford, ACLJ, and other Christian legal organizations, men
like Cyrus Zal and others have been willing to defend Paul. We are thankful
for them.
Cal Thomas
A would-be defender of the faith. Let his fatuous rhetoric ring out a
warning for those who would rely upon his insights: "The murder of a
Pensacola, Fla., abortionist and his escort and the wounding of a third
person are deplorable acts" (Washington Times, August 7).
Karl Hess
Died in April, but his words live on: "Extremism in the defense of liberty
is no vice; moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue."
Catechism of the Catholic Church (1994)
Excerpts from the section on the Fifth Commandment, "You shall not kill" (The
Sixth Commandment by some Protestant calculations):
Human life must be respected and protected absolutely from the moment of
conception. From the first moment of his existence, a human being must be
recognized as having the rights of a person - among which is the inviolable
right of every innocent being to life. The embryo must be defended like
every other human being. The prohibition of murder does not abrogate the
right to render an unjust aggressor unable to inflict harm. Someone who
defends his life is not guilty of murder even if he is forced to deal his
aggressor a lethal blow.
In harmony with these truths, Fr. Trosch has continued to publicly defend the
actions of Paul hill as justifiable homicide. Fr. Trosch has been upbraided
publicly by his theologically heterodox (liberal) superior, Archbishop Oscar
H. Lipscomb, most recently on NBC's Dateline (September 6).
Lipscomb ducked the interviewer's query as to why the Roman Catholic Church
had not defrocked Fr. Trosch (the priest is relieved of his duties, but not
his priesthood). The fact is that Lipscomb must prove that Fr. Trosch's
teaching is contrary to Church teaching. Since he cannot succeed and is
therefore unwilling to pursue the proper procedures and be found, himself, in
error, he can do no other than to slander the good man, Fr. Trosch.
Men like Archbishop Lipscomb were the real cause of the Protestant
Reformation. He stands not upon the historic truths proclaimed by the Church
(Roman, Orthodox, or even the now historic Reformed and Lutheran Churches);
rather, he stands upon his own voguish, leftist, pacifist opinions.
Fr. Trosch is a man fiercely loyal to the Roman Church. He just denies that
apostates (my word, not Fr. Trosch's) like Archbishop Lipscomb represent its
historic teachings. And his hope is to present his case to Lipscomb's
superiors for a biblical and just ruling.
On The Flip Side
The recently enthroned director of ORN (read: possessor of the OR mailing
list) issued a press release (September 7) regarding the use of force to stop
childslaughter. The message was released the day before Flip Benham's
scheduled appearance on The Rolanda Show. He appeared along with the NOWist
president, an abortionist, and David Gunn Jr. opposite Fr. Trosch.
Rev. Flip condemned Fr. Trosch with the usual calumnies: "enemy of the
cross", preacher of "heresy," etc.
The press release reads as follows: "Fr. Trosch has become an enemy of the
cross of Christ. Like Paul Hill before him, he is a creation of the media.
Irresponsible talk show hosts, journalists and other members of the media
have circumvented church discipline and given this man a platform to spew his
heresy."
It seems that Flip believes what he says, however ill-thought out his
judgments. An emotive homilist he may be; a theologian, he is not. Nor is
Flip a doer of what he says everyone ought to do (viz. blockade and thus
"take up the cross"). He who attacked Paul Hill, calling him a hypocrite for
justifying abortionist terminations and declining to perform them himself,
has himself become a hypocrite by his own standard. (Those blockaders who
have held to Flip's standard are not ORN regulars, but Lambs (Dobbs Ferry),
Rescue America (Little Rock), and Missionaries to the Preborn (Milwaukee).
More to blame than Flip are his creators. (If not a "creation of the media,"
Flip is a creation of his predecessors: Randall Terry and Keith Tucci.) By
what authority are these gents spokesmen for "rescue"? And by what authority
was Tucci and now Flip made the "national leaders"? Was it a kind of
apostolic succession? (Hmmm. Seems like a Catholic thing.) Ah, but here is
the rub. They are the creations of the media. The "rescue" phenomena was a
product of local Christian activist groups. But media attention was always
given to OR founder Terry and his successors. And now, as Michael Kinsley
recently pointed out to a whining Pat Mahoney, the same media they condemn
for giving Hill and Trosch a platform gave previously to Terry and Tucci the
same platform.
Time for Flip to cry the blues with National Right to Life and the other
establishment prolife groups who lamented the media attention given to that
band of rabble rousing OR upstarts.
Nevertheless, some blame for the foolish statements now being broadcast by
Flip falls in the lap of Randall Terry who passed the baton to Tucci and now
to Benham. With the big name and all the veneration comes big
responsibility, Randy.
The good news is that as efficacious rescues continue, along with the ensuing
conflicts and debates, the truth is clarified and ever proclaimed to the
glory of God.
Wendy Wrong
It's tough to steer a moral course when your compass is a good reputation.
When asked by the press last January about the prolife sodomites in the D.C.
March for Life, Tucci's spokeslady, Wendy Wright said, "We consider
homosexuality a sin, but not a reason for exclusion. We just require that
people not be violent." Wendy had previously calumniated Paul Hill, and had
less problem collaborating with sodomites than with the likes of brother
Paul.
Comes now the Klan. My oh my but Providence has a great sense of humor. What
is an image-oriented OR leader to do? Well, when the Klan showed up at the
Melbourne abortuary on August 20, the ORN folk "asked its members not to
picket because of the Klan" (Washington Times, August 21).
The prospect of the non-Christians awakening to the moral evil of abortion
and coming out to stop it is before us. What if the Muslims, Klansmen,
Mormons, and sundry other heretics come out to stop baby killing? Shall the
Christians run away from rescuing the innocent to avoid being defiled?
For now it looks like a big NO to Paul Hill and the Klan, but a welcome to
the PC sodomites.
Chicago
Dick Staub's radio show, WYLL's Chicago Talks featured Flip Benham opposite
Michael and Jayne Bray on the subject of aborting abortionists. We weathered
all the invectives flipped at us - "enemies of the cross," "spewers of
heresy," "believers in a lie," etc. - and were able to briefly lay out the
simple doctrine of justifiable homicide.
Flip understood and even agreed to the principle, answering, at last, the
question of whether or not he allows for the citizen to defend the innocent
with lethal force from the attacking aggressor. Flip would protect innocent
people with force as necessary to save their lives. (Thank the Lord. I
would never have wanted him as my neighbor/protector otherwise.) This would
not be a "spirit of murder," from an "enemy of the cross" produced by
"heresy."
The difference between preborn and ex-utero children is that the one inside
has a mother who doesn't want him. It is a matter of "position" which
distinguishes the two victims, according to Flip. And since the child is
unwanted and dependent upon a mother willing to carry him to term, we cannot
save the child from the abortionist. We must persuade the mother.
Sounds slick enough. But how about applying that principle to the whole OR
philosophy for which Flip is now the prince of spokesmen? How can one
justify blocking doors without assurance that the woman will be persuaded to
want her unwanted child? Did OR not say that Christians were acting to
prevent the death of a child at a particular time and place regardless of the
possibility of the mother being unpersuaded and going elsewhere the next day?
And how can one argue that intervention is not persuasive? (Planned
Barrenhood's own reports say that 20% of those who miss an abortion
appointment don't reschedule.)
Little Rock
A couple dozen blockaders went into jail after going to court on September
15. Among them was Ed Martin (suffering from diabetes), Prolife Anderson
(with heart problems), and Don Treshman. No cross-oriented ORN types have
been sighted. It is expected they are "dying daily" elsewhere.
More Repentance
* Maine Abortionists Quit
Two part-time abortionists quit in Rockport, ME in early September. A local
reporter recounts the reasons given by the abortionists for quitting: "The
picketers here were always peaceful. The concern was that the activity might
eventually attract someone prone to violence" (Bangor Daily News, September
15). The reporter cited the fact that police records indicate a spotless
record of nonviolence; no complaints about the protesters' behavior. The
foremost protester, Ed Gerrish, claimed victory for perseverance in
nonviolent protest and intervention. Mr. Gerrish had dogged the abortion
entrepreneurs for four years.
The abortionists mentioned the recent slayings of their fellows in Florida as
the blow which finally broke their will to continue to commit abortions.
We praise the perseverance of those who continue in public protest and
non-forceful rescues. But for the sake of the truth, let it not be denied
that the termination of abortionists saves babies in the short run and in the
long run. The record shows that such events serve to persuade murderers to
give up their flesh trade and save many lives.
* Cranston, RI Abortionist Quits
In early September, the local abortionist came out and shook the hand of his
long time opponent, Larry Dolan, and said, "I'll never do another abortion
again."
Thanks be to God. You have rewarded the labors of your faithful saints!
Prosecuting Paul Hill
Paul Hill was dragged without notice into a courtroom on September 16. CNN
showed him unkempt and unshaven and reported that he was entering an insanity
plea. (Presented thusly, he must have looked fit for the part.)
Paul's federal public defender had decided to take this course of action
against Paul's will. He arranged for the new plea to be entered without
permission from the man he was assigned to defend! Paul fired him in the
judge's chambers after a heated exchange.
The judge and the prosecutor want nothing to do with Paul's defense of
necessity. They do not want the jury to be presented with the thought that
Paul's action was justified for the purpose of saving children. (The obvious
truth is that there is no other reason to explain Paul's actions, obviously.)
The judge placed Paul under a gag order, forbidding him to talk with the
media.
My oh my. Truth is lethal to a corrupt legal system which has sullied itself
with lies.
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