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Randall Terry

Randall A. Terry (born 1959) is an American political and conservative religious activist and musician. He founded the pro-life organization Operation Rescue in 1987 and led the group for its first 10 years. He has been arrested over 40 times for his pro-life anti-abortion activities. In 2003, he founded the Society for Truth and Justice and he conducted a program called Operation Witness. Terry was the spokesman for the Schindler family in the Terri Schiavo case. He was an unsuccessful Republican candidate for the Florida State Senate, eighth district in 2006. Image File history File links Wikiquote-logo-en. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Year 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Activism, in a general sense, can be described as intentional action to bring about social or political change. ... Pro-life advocates make a silent complaint in front of the United States Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. Pro-life is a term representing a variety of perspectives and activist movements in bioethics. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Operation Save America. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Theresa Marie Terri Schiavo (December 3, 1963 – March 31, 2005) was a woman from St. ... Federal courts Supreme Court Chief Justice Associate Justices Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties State & Local government Governors Legislatures State Courts Counties, Cities, and Towns Other countries Politics Portal      For other uses, see Republican Party (disambiguation) or GOP (disambiguation). ... The Florida Senate is part of the legislative branch of government for the state of Florida. ... 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Pro-life activist

Shortly after founding Operation Rescue, Terry was first arrested in 1986 for chaining himself to a sink at an abortion clinic. Operation Rescue grew to become a well-known example of civil disobedience by the American conservative right, and Terry was often in the news because of his activities as the group's leader. By the mid-1990s, Operation Rescue was "the largest peaceful civil disobedience movement in American history," accounting "for over 70,000 arrests from 1987 to 1994." 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... An abortion clinic is a medical facility providing certain kinds of outpatient medical care, including abortions, to women. ... It has been suggested that Civil and social disobedience be merged into this article or section. ... Germans dancing on the Berlin Wall in late 1989, the symbol of the cold war divide falls down as the world unites in the 1990s. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ...

In 1990, Terry was outside the hospital where Nancy Cruzan was a patient, around the time that her feeding tube was removed. Nancy Beth Cruzan (July 20, 1957–December 26, 1990) was a figure in the right-to-die movement. ...

in 1992, Terry, along with Robert Schenck and Harley David Belew, were arrested and sentenced to five months in prison for arranging to have a fetus in a jar delivered to then-presidential candidate Bill Clinton at the Democratic National Convention. Paul Chaim Benedicta Schenck, along with his twin brother, Robert born in 1958 in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, are clergy and pro-life activitists. ... A human fetus A fetus (or foetus, or fœtus – see below) is a developing mammal after the embryonic stage and before birth. ... William Jefferson Bill Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III[1] on August 19, 1946) was the 42nd President of the United States, serving from 1993 to 2001. ... The 1992 Democratic National Convention is one of a series of historic quadrennial meetings of the United States Democratic Party with a primary focus on officially nominating a candidate for the office of President of the United States and adopting a political party platform as a challenge to the platform...

In 1995, Terry received a letter of support from Mother Teresa [1] for his pro-life work. Mother Teresa in 1985 Mother Teresa (born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) (August 26, 1910 – September 5, 1997), Bharat Ratna, OM, was an Albanian Roman Catholic nun who founded the Missionaries of Charity in India. ...

Lawsuit, Now v. Scheidler

Terry was named as a co-defendant in the 1994 Supreme Court case, NOW v. Scheidler, a class action suit to compel anti-abortion leaders to compensate clinics for loss of business. Terry settled out of court with the National Organization for Women. He promptly filed bankruptcy, prompting Senator Charles Schumer to propose an amendment to a bankruptcy bill in Congress which would "specifically ... prevent abortion opponents from using the bankruptcy code to escape paying court fines." The amendment was not included in the final bill. The supreme court in some countries, provinces, and states, functions as a court of last resort whose rulings cannot be challenged. ... NOW v. ... The National Organization for Women (NOW) is an American feminist group, founded in 1966, with 500,000 contributing members and 550 chapters in all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia. ... Charles Ellis Chuck Schumer (born November 23, 1950) is a Jewish American politician. ... The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ...

On February 28, 2006, the Supreme Court voted 8-0 for Scheidler, against NOW. [2] February 28 is the 59th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Conflict in his family

In 2000, Terry divorced his wife of 19 years and married Andrea Kollmorgen, with whom he has had three children.

For this, Operation Rescue turned away from him. "Therefore, it is with a profound sadness that I report to you that Randall has separated from his wife and family, from his church, and from all of us who have been running the race of faith with him". [3] Included in the letter from Operation Rescue, is a note of censure from the Landmark Church of Binghamton, New York, Terry's church of fifteen years. He was censured for a number of reasons including a "pattern of repeated and sinful relationships and conversations with both single and married women." Binghamton is a city in upstate New York in the United States. ...

Both of Terry's adopted daughters became pregnant outside of marriage, which effectively ended their relationship with their father; one later became a Muslim. [4]

A New York State court ^{[citation needed]} found that Terry was not paying a "fair share of child support" to his ex-wife, Cindy. He submitted an affidavit to the court claiming that he was three months behind on his rent and had been selling items to live. He purchased his house in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida for $432,000. Terry said that he and his family needed a place to be safe and to entertain "people of stature, people of importance. I have a lot of important people that come through my home. And I will have more important people come through my home." [5] In many countries, child support or child maintenance is the ongoing obligation for a periodic payment made by a non-custodial parent to a custodial parent, caregiver or guardian, for the care and support of children of a relationship or marriage that has been terminated. ... Ponte Vedra Beach is a seaside village 20 miles south east of downtown Jacksonville, Florida, near St. ...

In 2004, Terry's son Jamiel, adopted at 8, came out as a homosexual and wrote an article for Out Magazine[6]. Terry says that Jamiel can no longer be trusted and is no longer welcome in his home [7]. Coming out of the closet (very often shortened to coming out in winking reference to the public introduction of debutantes) describes the voluntary public announcement of ones (often homosexual or bisexual) sexual orientation, gender identity, or paraphilia. ... Out is a popular gay magazine. ...

In 2005, Terry joined the Catholic Church [8] [9]

Political involvement

In 1998, Terry ran an unsuccessful campaign for Congress in New York as a member of the New York State Right to Life Party. NY redirects here. ... The New York State Right to Life Party was founded to oppose the legalization of abortion in New York in 1970. ...

After the U.S. Supreme Court issued its 2003 ruling in Lawrence v. Texas, which struck down a Texas law against sodomy, Terry advocated for the impeachment of the six justices who voted to strike down the state law. ^{[citation needed]} The Supreme Court Building, Washington, D.C. The Supreme Court Building, Washington, D.C., (large image) The Supreme Court of the United States, located in Washington, D.C., is the highest court (see supreme court) in the United States; that is, it has ultimate judicial authority within the United States... Holding A Texas law prohibiting homosexual sodomy violated the privacy and liberty of adults, under the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, to engage in private intimate conduct. ... François Elluin, Sodomites provoking the wrath of God, from Le pot pourri de Loth (1781). ...

In June 2005, Terry announced plans to run in the primary against Florida Republican state senator James E. King[10], citing King's work in attempting to block legislation which would have kept Schiavo alive. On September 5 2006, Terry was defeated in the primary, with King receiving over 2/3 of the votes cast. James E. Jim King is a state senator from Floridas 8th district, living in Jacksonville. ... September 5 is the 248th day of the year (249th in leap years). ...

Terry announced plans to run for the state legislature in 2008.

Terri Schiavo case

In 2003, Terry became the spokesman for Terri Schiavo's parents and was in the news as "Terri's Law" was passed in Florida. He continued as the Schindler's spokesman as the struggle rose to the level of national crisis and Schiavo's death in March 2005. Terry earned $10,000 for two months as their spokesman. ^{[citation needed]} This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

James Jewel, Chuck Colson's former chief-of-staff, wrote in his blog ^{[citation needed]}: Charles Wendell Chuck Colson was the chief counsel for President Richard Nixon from 1969 to 1973. ...

I find the Schindlers to be wonderfully sincere and incredibly sympathetic characters, but they made a terrible decision naming Randall Terry as their spokesperson. He has been a disaster for the pro-life movement throughout the years, and is the wrong voice for this case and any other when we need measured reason and effective discourse.

Bibliography

• 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 lead 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

Discography

• I Believe In You
• Dark Sunglasses Day

I Believe In You is an album by Randall Terry. ... Dark Sunglasses Day is a country album by Randall Terry. ...

External links

• Terry's official site
• Randall Terry at the Notable Names Database
• Randall Terry at SourceWatch
• Extremist Biography: Randall Terry

NNDB, ostensibly standing for Notable Names Database, produced by Soylent Communications, is a database of biographical details of notable people. ... SourceWatchs logo features a magnifying glass through which its name can be seen. ...

Older articles

• 1988 Interview and An Interview with Randall Terry
• Operation Rescue Threatens New England Journal of Medicine
• http://www.skepticfiles.org/fw/terry.htm
• Randall Terry 1998 Campaign Video
• N.O.W. Announces Victory Against Randall Terry
• Please Pray for Randall Terry and Randall Terry - an Unscrupulous Pitch
• Randall Terry shunned
• Randall Terry Quotes

Sites mentioning NOW settlement

• WOMAN'S RIGHT TO CHOOSE FOLLOWING NOW v. SCHEIDLER
• NOW Mobilizes in Wake of Deadly Clinic Bombing
• NOW sues anti-abortion activists under racketeering law

Supreme Court rulings in RICO case

• SCHEIDLER et al. v. NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR WOMEN, INC., et al. February 26, 2003
• Seventh Circuit appeal February 28, 2006

2003 (Terri's Law)

• Barry Manilow Got Saved: Randall Terry Makes a Comeback In-depth interview! Terry denies that he ever had an affair.
• Abortion, zealots and Randall Terry
• The Society for Truth and Justice?
• Randall Terry says, 'Partial-Birth Abortion Ban is a Political Scam but a Public Relations Goldmine.'
• Randall Terry Resurfaces
• Randall Terry Resurfaces (about.com)

2004 (Jamiel comes out)

• Deconstructing Randall Terry
• A Rising Son by Jamiel Terry and Randall's response
• My prodigal son,the homosexual
• Family Values: Randall Terry Fights Gay Unions. His Son No Longer Will
• CNN Interview With Randall Terry
• Randall Terry and Gay Son Jamiel Revisited

2005

• Schiavo Supporters Launch Protest Campaign

March (Schiavo crisis and death)

• Judicial Decrees Are Not 'The Rule of Law' by Randall Terry
• Who is Randall Terry? (summarizes Washington Post, other articles)
• Randall Terry: Self Portrait
• Randall Terry Jokes About Being Homosexual and Who Will Vote For Randall Terry?
• Randall Terry's Unconventional Family
• Anger at Bushes as time grows short for Schiavo
• Jeb Bush Rising; Randall Terry Sinking by James Jewell
• Voice for Schindlers shaped by activism

April

• Crusading once again: The 'family values' champion has returned
• Outing Out magazine by Randall Terry
• Randall Terry's Family Torn Apart by Values
• A Deadly Culture of Life
• Randall Terry for Florida Senate?
• Randall Terry exploring run for state senate

Current

• REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS
• Randall Terry Universe (donor information vendor, evagelical)