Violent anti-abortion activist praised by radical Christian group
Thursday, March 26, 2009 at 1:19 pm
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An anti-abortion activist who rammed his truck into a Planned Parenthood clinic in St. Paul is being hailed as a political prisoner by the Army of God movement, the Pioneer Press reports.
Matthew Lee Derosia rammed the clinic during the morning of the March for Life, an anti-abortion protest hosted at the Minnesota Capitol by Minnesota Citizens Concerned for Life. When Derosia was arrested, police say he was clutching a crucifix and chanting Bible verses.
The Army of God group said, “Matthew Derosia rammed the babykilling abortion mill twice and then got out and quoted verses from the Holy Bible … (on) the date when babykilling was made legal nationally.” They label him a Prisoner for Christ.
The Army of God was featured in a 2000 HBO documentary which looked at the group’s leadership and ties to more mainstream anti-abortion and Christian groups.
Derosia plead guilty in court Wednesday and could spend up to 100 days in jail.
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Comment posted March 26, 2009 @ 2:23 pm
If this man were a Muslim and rammed his truck into a Catholic Church (in the cause of “jihad”) and got out and started shouting passages from the Qur’an, would he be jailed / tried as a terrorist? I wonder (rhetorically) how different the “Army of God” position would be then?
Comment posted March 26, 2009 @ 9:44 pm
JB, you have a valid point, except that if he’d been a Muslim ramming a truck into a Catholic church, he would not have been jailed/tried as a terrorist. He would have been shot dead on the spot.
Comment posted April 29, 2011 @ 10:15 am
Le’ts hope the FBI is doing it’s job and keeping tabs on these violence-prone religious fanatics.
Comment posted April 30, 2011 @ 4:12 pm
seems like a terrorist to me. what religion you are does not matter — what matters is using your religion as an excuse to perform disgusting, violent acts. why is this guy only spending 100 days in jail?? he should be fined, forced to pay full restitution, then jailed/put on community service for the rest of his life!
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