Randall Terry

Randall Terry is a wingnut hack of a religious leader who thrives on attention, bashing the reality-based community, and of course mocking, minimizing, or even gloating in the murder of doctors whom he finds to be "moral reprobates."How pro-life! He is the founder of Operation Rescue, a group devoted to "protecting the innocents." (Until they are born, of course, at which point he should like to see the lot of them under a theocratic dictatorship.)
Terry seems to be against anything that is opposed to fundamentalist Christianity, probably because that religion is the only way he can make himself feel important. Specifically, he opposes gays' rights to basic safety (much less gay marriage), women's rights to privacy in making decisions about their reproductive health, or husbands' rights to terminate the life of a brain-dead spouse.http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9904E4DE1F3BF930A15755C0A9639C8B63 
He ran both for the U.S. House of Representatives (in New York) and the Senate (in Florida), before realizing that even Republicans find his language repulsive. In 2011, he changed his party affiliation to Democrat, with the intention to troll them by running against President Obama in the 2012 presidential primaries (that, and to abuse equal time laws to run graphic commercials during the Super Bowl). This unfortunately backfired on poor old Randall, when Vermin Supreme turned him gay.A video of one of the lesser known 2012 candidate, an eccentric and old anarchist named Vermin Supreme, throwing glitter on Randall Terry, after claiming Jesus told him to make Randell Terry gay.
In March 2009, Terry decided to go to Notre Dame to protest Barack Obama's commencement address. To the delight of all attending the graduation, he flew a plane with a banner showing a picture of an aborted fetus.Facebook's fan page of the plane. Not sure if the 'fans' are pro-life, pro-choice, or pro-gore. Most recently, Terry is a spokesman for Progressive Anti-Abortion Uprising (PAAU),Decca Muldowney (February 4, 2023). "Anti-Abortion Protests at Pharmacies Labeled a 'Clown Show'". The Daily Beast.Emily Janakiram (December 2022). "The Right’s Fight for Women". The Baffler. and he ran for president in 2024 under the Constitution Party,Constitution Party nominates anti-abortion activist Randall Terry for president, Giselle Ruhiyyih Ewing, Politico 27 April 2024 with some Democrats boosting his campaign in hopes that he can serve as a spoiler against Donald Trump.To Beat Trump, Democrats Seek to Help Anti-Abortion Candidate, Theodore Schleifer, The New York Times 29 August 2024
==Family life==
Like many who scream about "family values," Terry's life seems not to live up to the standards by which he judges others. The Internet is abuzz with both gossip and verifiable facts about Terry's family.
*Terry's adopted son is gay, and came out in "Out Magazine" 2004http://www.beliefnet.com/Faiths/2004/04/A-Rising-Son.aspx when Terry was on one of his gay bashing tirades, protesting marriage in Vermont. Terry promptly and publicly disowned him.My prodigal son
*Terry has been married twice. His first marriage lasted 17 years. His second marriage, in 2000, was to a then 25-year-old woman 17 years Terry's junior. In doing this he revealed himself for a hypocrite after the fashion of many other contemporary right-wingers, because he had previously said of liberal marriages: "Families are destroyed as a father vents his mid life crisis by abandoning his wife for a younger, prettier model."The Judgment of God, 1995. Despite being a divorcee, Terry still had the audacity to convert to Roman Catholicism.http://www.catholic.org/national/national_story.php?id=19866
*Two of Terry's children by adoption became pregnant outside of wedlock. Both were thrown out of the house when they became pregnant, with no help from anti-abortion daddy to support them.This is admitted by Terry himself in the scathing attack on his son in My Prodigal Son.
==More quotes attributed to Randall Terry==
(Please note, these are all secondary references from the internet to speeches he has given over the years.)
==Scary books Terry has written==
If you are ready for a shock, or some amusement:
*Accessory To Murder: The Enemies, Allies, And Accomplices To The Death of Our Culture (1990) ISBN 0-943497-78-7
*Why Does A Nice Guy Like Me... Keep Getting Thrown In Jail?: How theological escapism and cultural retreatism in the Church have led to America's demise (1993) ISBN 1-56384-052-9
*The Sword: The Blessing Of Righteous Government And The Overthrow Of Tyrants (1995) ISBN 1-887690-00-X
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