Randall Terry fudges his Family Values (Florida)

[donsu]

http://www.bradenton.com/mld/bradenton/news/breaking_news/15326885.htm


In Senate race, family values campaign tested by real life


Randall Terry doesn't run away from "family values issues" in his state Senate race.

Among the conservative Christian's pledges are preserving traditional marriage and opposing gay adoptions. He has touted efforts to stop abortions. His campaign mailers sum up the value he puts on family: they show a picture with his wife, a daughter and three grinning young sons taken before a fourth was born this summer.

But Terry's adopted son Jamiel says the picture is missing two people: he and his sister Tila, also adopted. Both have been estranged from Terry since Jamiel came out as a gay man and Tila had a child out of wedlock.

Jamiel Terry said the self-image that his father is crafting and the campaign message about strong families ignores part of his own family history. He said voters have a right to know about that.

"He is very big on image," Jamiel Terry said. "In a large way Tila and I mess up that image."

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Randall Terry said he's upfront about his whole family and has never tried to hide anything about his children, even those with whom he has deep disagreements. He said voters don't care anyway.

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Terry persuaded a woman not to have an abortion in 1987. When the child - Tila - was born, Terry took care of her and then adopted her older brother Jamiel. They grew up with Randall Terry, who was famous as a leading religious conservative voice.
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[SouthernBelle82]

1. That's very sad

I've read of this before and it's sad. I'm glad Jamiel is speaking up and showing people what a farce Randall Terry is. Ugh. Also I believe I read in another article a year or two ago that Tila is also Muslim and that's another reason for her being estranged.

[bcoylepa]

2. I remember Terry

he actually got himself on a HIV/AIDS curriculum committee in upstate NY and challenged everything
I also had to cross his picket lines to go to work at Planned Parenthood
very dangerous man -
I can only imagine what kind of father he is

[kestrel91316]

3. WTF? Why is this man out walking the streets? I thought he was

in PRISON. If he wasn't, he sure deserved to be!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Vicious, violent, hateful, misogynistic - doesn't begin to describe him!!!!

Just Google "Operation Rescue". I know what kind of person he is. I did battle against his thugs in So Cal in the 80s, doing women's clinic defense so women could receive medical care without being assaulted.

[TechBear_Seattle]

4. Vicious, violent, hateful, misogynistic... and deeply religious

Any attempt to hold Talibangelicals like Terry accountable for their hatred only results in shrieks of, "Persecution!" Never mind that they claim a fundamental religious duty to exterminate everone who is not exactly like them.