Christian terrorists release Defensive Action Statement, justify political assassination

November 9, 7:29 PMPortland Humanist ExaminerMicha J. Stone

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Scott Roeder, Christian terrorist
(AP Photo/Jaime Oppenheimer, Pool)

Christian terrorists have released a Defensive Action Statement in an attempt to justify political assassination. The same day Christian terrorist Scott Roeder admits killing Dr. George Tiller, his fellow Christian terrorists released their "Defensive Action Statement 3rd Edition" that proclaims any force that can be used to defend the life of a "born child is legitimate to defend the life of an unborn child." (AP)

The strident opponents of abortion want Roeder's jurors to be allowed to consider the "question of when life begins" in deciding whether lethal force was justified. Their statement that proclaims any force that can be used to defend the life of a "born child is legitimate to defend the life of an unborn child" is an attempt to justify the assassination of Dr. Tiller.

The statement's 21 signers include Eric Rudolph, James Kopp and Shelley Shannon — all serving prison time for targeting providers of women's reproductive health care.

The argument that it should be legal to use lethal force to protect a fetus is ludicrous. Abortion is legal. How can it ever be legally justified to murder (assassinate) someone who has broken no law? No competent jury would go along with such faulty reasoning.

In reality the Christian terrorists strategy is neither competent, nor rational; the strategy of the Christian terrorist, aside from terror and political assassination, is simply an emotional appeal to religious superstition.