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- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 11:19:21 -0500
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- From: Dan Harling <harling@ROADRUNNER.PICTEL.COM>
- Subject: Re: Operation Pest.
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- > Date: 21 Dec 1992 07:21:00 -0500 (EST)
- > From: "DRCV06::GRAHAM" <GRAHAM%DRCV06.decnet@DRCVAX.AF.MIL>
- > Subject: Operation Pest.
- > To: Multiple recipients of list CHRISTIA <CHRISTIA%ASUACAD.BITNET@asu.edu>
- >
- > I loved the article about the Operation Rescue rabble getting sung at when
- > they tried to disrupt a church service. When, oh when will Christians
- > everywhere stand up and say that Terry and his reprobate organization don't
- > represent them!
-
- I always thought that Operation Rescue's energies were misdirected
- (e.g., trying to prevent abortions at "point-of-sale" rather than
- offering a viable alternative much earlier), but I have found this
- position to be fairly ineffective in talking to O.R. supporters. I
- suspect they will lose much of their support over this incident.
-
- Adopting the same tactics as militant gays was a *big* mistake, one
- which will once again slander Christianity in the public eye--just as
- we were making a comeback from the televangelist scandals a few years
- back. Christians in movies and on TV are actually being portrayed in a
- *positive* light on occasion (rather than as zealous maniacs) for the
- first time in years. I can't *wait* to see the media coverage on
- this. Nothing makes sharing the Gospel harder than being associated
- (in someone else's mind) with a bunch of zealous maniacs. :-(
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- Daniel A. Harling (harling@pictel.com)
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