April 1995

April 25, 1995

Letters to the Editor

The Washington Times
National Weekly Edition
3600 New York Ave., NE
Washington, DC 20002

Dear Editor:

Stop the killing! The government is murdering innocent people. People are killing each other. Abortionists are killing babies. Abortionists are being killed. Mother’s are killing their infants and young children. And now terrorists are exacting revenge and blowing up government buildings.

Why? What has happened to our society?

The answer is clear: The breakdown of the family, and the systematic removal of God and morality from our schools and culture. This is largely a result of government policies and court decisions that stemmed from the 1960’s revolution of liberalism.

The 1962 Supreme Court decision to outlaw prayer in our schools taught us that God is bad: This was the beginning of the end. The Court’s 1973 decision to legalize abortion taught us that our most innocent children are property and have no value. (The pre-civil war Dred Scott decision was similar: Slaves, like farm animals, were declared the property of the owners.)

The 1994 Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act (FACE) has been enforced against women kneeling on the sidewalk in silent prayer. Yes, prayer is considered “intimidation.” The bottling up of the peaceful protesters was all that the violent fringe needed to come out shooting.

Government atrocities have become common place since the Clinton’s took power. The gestapo style Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (BATF) led the raid on the innocent women and children at Waco. The BATF seems to be making sport with the slaughter and/or harassment of innocent people: Randy Weaver’s family in Idaho, the Lumplugh’s in Pennsylvania, and the Katona’s in Ohio. Kimberly Katona miscarried after being pushed against a wall by a BATF agent. These are only a few examples. It is no surprise that some maniac decided to even the score in Oklahoma — as if two wrongs make a right.

Our cities are wide open to terrorists. But protected from them because of our unique free speech rights that we enjoy. Angry people can vent rage through the press and on the picket lines. As this safety valve is restricted, pressure will build up and more explosions will occur — literally. I expect that the government will now crack down even harder on individuals and groups that they do not like. I pray that the violence does not escalate. Please stop the killing!

John E. Becker

April 12, 1995

Editor

Press Community Newspapers

Chester Pike has once again hit the nail on the head. His editorial (“Punishment must fit the crime” – April 12, 1995) spoke of several murders of children both here in Clermont County and nationwide. He specifically mentioned the eight-year-old Jerry Howell who was apparently killed by his mother, Rhonda Brown. There have been other recent high profile cases such as the mother who threw her children off a bridge. Pike also mentioned Susan Smith, in South Carolina, who drowned her 3- and 5-year old sons in her car.

Pike tied these murders (as well as infants being dumped into trash cans) into the abortion debate — the devaluing of human life. It appears that these murderous mothers are all pro-choice. Everyone knows that it is legal to kill babies. The only variable is age. If Rhonda Brown had killed her son eight years ago (before birth), it would have gone unnoticed by the public and applauded by many liberals and other sociopaths.

These mothers apparently don’t see any difference in killing their children immediately after conception, at either end of the birth canal, or at age eight. And frankly, neither do I. Why is it legal to kill innocent babies before birth, but not after birth — or as teenagers? These mothers are pro-choice. They just waited too long and violated a legal technicality. Their children were already born.

The facts are that every woman that gets pregnant has a baby. Tragically, many die of natural causes (e.g., miscarriages). 33 percent die from abortion (legal killing). And with the grace of God, many are live births. Everybody you know who is age 22 and younger are the survivors of the abortion holocaust. One third of their friends and potential spouses were legally killed in the abortion chambers.

May God forgive us all for allowing this dark time in our nation’s history to continue.

John E. Becker