an abortion of the law

Opening statements in the first degree-degree murder trial began on the 37^th anniversary of the Supreme Courts decision in Roe v. Wade that legalized abortion.

On trial for first degree murder is Scott Roeder of Kansas, who shot, in cold blood, Dr. George Tiller (he performed late term abortions) and was gunned down in church.

The Lawyers for the accused and self admitted murderer Scott Roeder have persuaded the Judge to allow the jury to consider a lesser charge in the murder of Dr. Tiller by introducing voluntary manslaughter. The Lawyers (the defense team) want to argue that Roeder believed Tiller’s killing was necessary to save unborn children. In Kansas, voluntary manslaughter is defined as “an unreasonable but honest belief that circumstance existed that justified deadly force”.

Interesting that pre meditated murder, planned and executed can be considered voluntary manslaughter. Interesting that whatever your reason conceived for murdering those who offend your beliefs can be justified. If a murderer believes it is necessary to kill- plans the hows, why’s and where’s he/she can pick their choice of weapon and eliminate the perceived bad guy and justify the death.

In the early days of American life, in New England, those religious leaders and their flock of lemmings felt uneasy when someone, usually a woman spoke out, spoke against, and voiced a differing opinion, argued against the dogma of the church. They many times tried to isolate her voice, but if they could not silence her they stoned or burned her. They pretended to hold a trial to do so, but the mockery of a trial was evident. It was arguable for the fearful, the uneducated, the wise elders who wanted to maintain and retain power that killing the witch was a more necessary evil to rid the community of any witchcraft.

In the days before the Federal Civil Rights Bill was passed in this country, many a Southern white man felt offended when a Black male looked at a white woman. Making a perceived inappropriate gesture, speaking to her, making advances would often find him (the Black male) hanging on a near by branch by a near by tree. And for the lawless, the religious, the bigots of the day it was a justifiable murder. It was arguable that a circumstance existed and albeit unreasonable for some made a lot of reason for others and deadly force was used to eliminate the foe. No Black man, a non human human would ever again look at a white woman.

In America today, gender based acts of violence are heard in the courts. The victim of these acts, many who die from the actions are always made out to be the wrongdoer, because he or she was gay, or bisexual or transgendered. Had they not been a bizarre circus act and behaved accordingly to some unwritten psychopathic rules written by the perpetrator, then no harm would have come. The murderer found necessary reason to justify his murderous acts.

Law should be fair to all, but since when does murder become justifiable because the reason given is because I had too, I needed to, I saved perceived others and had the right to. And when does a religious belief trump the laws of a nation which still (who knows when that will end) trumpets the difference between church and state. When it is okay for a Christian like Mr. Roeder to take the law into his hand to save Christ’s beliefs, but a person who believes in his so called tenants of Islam is wrong to spout the laws of Muhammad?

Why is one Jihad different from the other?

I worry, once again, that if murder is committed in the name of Christianity in this country, then who will NOT be the next target? Save the kids from homosexuals, save true Americans from Muslims, the Jews killed Christ so they may kill again. He or she is not like us and they may make others turn into people not like us.

At first it seems silly in insane. But history has proven otherwise. The wise make the rules and those with little wisdom-- they break them.

This trial in Kansas is one we all should be looking at. Then look at ourselves and ask the question …can someone consider me a target for murder because I don’t think or look or believe as they do?????.....