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Liberalboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-18-03 05:44 PM
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Impeach Supreme Court Anti-Gay Activist Demands...
Well since it didn't work with Bill I guess their after everyone else. Recall elections, Impeachments....is anyone else getting really tired of these 5th grade antics?
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(Savannah, Georgia) The discredited founder of anti-abortion group Operation Rescue has found a new cause. Randall Terry is calling for the impeachment of the six Supreme Court justices who ruled in June to overturn the Texas sodomy law. (story)

Little has been heard of Terry since he left Operation Rescue, divorced his wife, and married his assistant. During the 1980s and 90s he was arrested more than 40 times demonstrating at abortion clinics.

In Savannah on the weekend Terry led a small group of demonstrators in a rally against same-sex marriage. He told the handful of people who showed up that the Supreme Court decision is an "affront to Christianity and an assault on decency", and opens the door to legalizing gay marriage.

http://www.365gay.com/NewsContent/081803impeachCourt.htm


His supporters held signs with the names of the six justices while others had placards denouncing homosexuality.

"We pray for the redemption of the souls of these men and women who are trapped in this tragic lifestyle," Terry said during a group prayer. "We pray to stop the homosexual juggernaut."

About a dozen people stood listening to his speech. But, a mile away, gays held their own rally drawing about 100 people.

Terry, unperturbed about the small turnout said he is planning protests in 30 cities. But it is doubtful he will get any support from members of Operation Rescue.

The new leader of the anti-abortion group accused Terry of being little more than a publicity hound.

"He's no viable voice," the Rev. Flip Benham, national director of Operation Rescue/Operation Save America told the Savannah FOX television station. "What does he have to say about marriage, the one who divorced his own wife for a trophy wife? Randall Terry is an unrepentant sinner."

Nevertheless, Terry says he hopes to build a grassroots campaign to impeach the six judges. Only one Supreme Court justice in U.S. history has been impeached. And that happened nearly 200 years ago.

In 1805 the U.S. House voted to impeach Justice Samuel Chase, at the request of President Thomas Jefferson, on charges of bias and judicial misconduct. Chase succeeded in keeping his seat after a Senate trial.

Earlier this month Rev Jerry Falwell announced he was devoting all of his time to fight gay marriage

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knight_of_the_star Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-18-03 05:50 PM
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1. Foolishness
This is going to crash and burn rather hard and fast, in my humble opinion.
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ButterflyBlood Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-18-03 05:51 PM
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2. good luck dumbass
just what we need to make the anti-gay side look even dumber.
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ComerPerro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-18-03 05:51 PM
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3. Wow
I didn't realize that "an affront to Christianity" was an impeachable offense.

Why is it that people with the most adamant view towards morality and family values have the most screwed up personal lives?
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DarkPhenyx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-18-03 05:55 PM
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4. God I love when they eat their own.
""He's no viable voice," the Rev. Flip Benham, national director of Operation Rescue/Operation Save America told the Savannah FOX television station. "What does he have to say about marriage, the one who divorced his own wife for a trophy wife? Randall Terry is an unrepentant sinner.""

So much for the sanctity of marraige?
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WilliamPitt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-18-03 05:57 PM
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5. The Homosexual Juggernaut?


TOUCH MY BOTTOM OR I WILL CRUSH YOU


Egads, but these people need hobbies.
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WilliamPitt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-18-03 06:20 PM
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6. Come on, people, this was funny!
:)
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ComerPerro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-18-03 06:24 PM
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7. Sorry Will, didn't read it to see the pic
And yes, it is funny.
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WilliamPitt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-18-03 06:25 PM
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9. Yeah, you SHOULD be sorry
:) Kidding, of course.
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WoodrowFan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-18-03 06:37 PM
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11. is that why
he's kinda, I dunno, PHALLIC?!
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noiretextatique Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-18-03 06:24 PM
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8. "affront to Christianity and an assault on decency",
terry should look in the mirror when saying this.
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gratuitous Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-18-03 06:37 PM
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10. Totally impotent
Except of course for his ability to get gullible writers to cover whatever rantings fall out of his mouth. Ladies and gentlemen, it's Randall Terry! Vying with Terry for total irrelevancy, it's Jerry Falwell!

Let's hear it for has-beens and never-weres, desperately trying to steal a little spotlight.

Perhaps we should forbid the media from covering these dumbasses?
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snippy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-18-03 06:44 PM
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12. It has long been a wet dream of Tom DeLay's to impeach federal judges.
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