One year ago, Scott Roeder killed abortion doctor George Tiller in the Kansas church where Tiller was a member. Roeder has shown no remorse for his actions, defending the killing as necessary to prevent the continued murders of unborn children at the hands of Tiller. During his career, Tiller had aborted tens of thousands of innocent human lives.
Harry Reid marked the anniversary of this “tragedy” (Reid’s term) in remarks from the floor of the Senate last week. In his speech, he labeled Roeder’s action as an “act of terrorism.”
The brazen hypocrisy of Reid is almost unbelievable. He said, “Those who believe in the sanctity of life cannot be selective. We must value every life — not just those with which we agree.” Notice he says “We must value every life” — classifying himself as one who believes in the sanctity of life (“every life”). If he truly believes in the sanctity of human life, how can he possibly in good conscience defend the actions of an abortion doctor like George Tiller who made his living by exterminating unborn children? The term he used to describe Roeder could easily be used of Tiller — “an unrepentant assassin.”
As I have written before, Scott Roeder never should have been in the position to make the decision to stop George Tiller. As I said in previous comments, I’m not going to try to justify Roeder’s decision. But I do take issue with Reid’s assessment of his actions. This was not an “act of terrorism.” It was the just punishment Tiller was due for his crimes. The sad part is that the civil authorities had the duty to bring this man to justice and they refused to do so. Rather than being “an avenger who brings wrath on the one who practices evil” (Romans 13:4), we have many in office like Reid who will label this event as a “tragedy” and continue to allow the ongoing practice of abortion.
Many problems in our government, and consequently our society, would be well on their way to being fixed if only we had leaders in office who understood and respected the divinely-ordained role of civil government.
