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I was surprised and cheered to find that our local bishop has written a piece for the Tampa Tribune decrying the murder of Dr. George Tiller. He strongly opposes abortion, but he's calling for less divisive tactics and, indeed, working together. You can read it here if you wish: Thou Shalt Not Kill. Bishop Lynch is very conservative and traditional, and I disagree with him on some significant issues. But he was also one of the founders of Pinellas Hope, a tent city that provides dinners, job and addiction counseling, and some other services to the homeless. Pinellas Hope was born when the St. Petersburg (FL) police destroyed a camp of homeless people's tents and started a major crackdown on the homeless, including giving them one-way bus tickets out of the county. Bishop Lynch is seriously committed to life.
I'm embarrassed that so few pro-life groups have come forward with statements about the murder. I fear some of them think it's nothing to do with them. Feminists for Life happily sent me a statement when I asked for one--but they sent it by e-mail. It's not on their website, which disappoints me greatly. (I should note that while their website says it's copyright 2009, I see no evidence any of it has been updated this year, so it may be as much Web Fail as anything else.) I do hope more will follow our bishop's lead.
ETA: FFL did post a statement decrying the killing, here. It seems clearly to have been posted before mid-July, because the link is lower on their News page than a link to an article from July 8.
I'm embarrassed that so few pro-life groups have come forward with statements about the murder. I fear some of them think it's nothing to do with them. Feminists for Life happily sent me a statement when I asked for one--but they sent it by e-mail. It's not on their website, which disappoints me greatly. (I should note that while their website says it's copyright 2009, I see no evidence any of it has been updated this year, so it may be as much Web Fail as anything else.) I do hope more will follow our bishop's lead.
ETA: FFL did post a statement decrying the killing, here. It seems clearly to have been posted before mid-July, because the link is lower on their News page than a link to an article from July 8.