Randall Terry's son rocks!

[ronnykmarshall]

http://www.detnews.com/2004/religion/0405/05/religion-132259.htm

[Pachamama]

1. The irony, eh?

:eyes:

[lastliberalintexas]

Kind of like Phyllis Schlafly's son

The children of the nutcases know them better than anyone else, and know exactly why we should be afraid of them. :)

[kittenpants]

6. and Alan Keyes' awesome daughter

[Rowdyboy]

10. And Gingrich's sister, Candace

Not to mention Cheney's daughter (or are we allowed to mention her?)

[barbaraann]

11. What son are you talking about?

n/t

[lastliberalintexas]

13. Her now openly gay son

His name is John (?), I believe. But it's old news- he was outed almost 15 years ago. For a while she'd disowned him, but I think they've probably mended fences. I think he even- somehow- works for her hateful organization these days.

[barbaraann]

19. Oh,ok, not this son.

http://www.mindspring.com/~schlafly/blog/

[lastliberalintexas]

25. No, but John seems to be as bad now

At one point, when the 2 were on the outs, he would speak out against her brand of hate. But he seems to have joined the Self-Haters Club too.

[barbaraann]

30. When you join the Self-Haters Club, you don't pay dues--

you get paid.

[jonnyblitz]

14. I don't believe Phyllis Schlafly's son speaks out though

I think he is like Mary Cheney, quietly supporting the wingnut causes. I could be wrong though.

[spooked911]

2. Typical.

What came first-- the religious zealot or the gay son? Did the religious zealot make the son gay or did the gay son make Terry a religious zealot?

[iconoclastNYC]

8. Your lame joke trivializes the orgins of sexuality. N/T

[spooked911]

33. Sorry. I actually was being serious not joking but meant no offense

so I guess you think the gay son made the religious zealot? Or it is just an incredible coincidence how many of these people have gay offspring?

[iconoclastNYC]

42. First off all

His son was adopted.

Homosexuality is evenly distributed amongst all socio-economic strata.

[davidinalameda]

3. that article is a year old

[Ripley]

4. FAMILY VALUES MY ASS RANDALL TERRY!!

A few years back, Randall Terry divorced his wife, Cindy -- who once said her husband was touched by the divine -- and married a much younger woman. (Terry’s ex barely speaks to him anymore.) Their four children say they still love their father but the relationship has frayed. Terry recently barred one of his adopted teen-age daughters from his house after she got pregnant out of wedlock for the second time. Another adopted daughter also became pregnant as a teen-ager and later converted to Islam, a religion Terry has described as composed of “murderers” and “terrorists.” (The couple’s lone biological child, a daughter, is in college.)

Why is it people like him have followers and claim he is devine when he clearly is a terrible husband and father?

[Solly Mack]

5. This one line

"...child of movement royalty"

makes him sound like the Ex-Lax heir.

and on that note...

Randall Terry is full of shit. He's a despicable creature and beneath contempt.

[FreedomAngel82]

27. Which one of them will believe it though?

Terry will just deny the whole claims against him being a bad husband and father. Doesn't he have a church where if you were once divorced you aren't welcome there? Interesting how he's there. :eyes: Randall Terry to them is like Justin Timberlake is to *NSync. He sucks but they'd never kick him out cause they need him for their cause.

[Solly Mack]

29. The article says he was thrown out of his church

for divorcing...

[Lindacooks]

40. Yeah, and he doesn't know his Bible very well either.

When he says "The Bible," Randall notes, "doesn’t condemn divorce, but it does condemn homosexuality."

WRONG.

Malachi 2:16a: "I hate divorce, says the Lord God of Israel."

Matthew 19:9: Jesus said, "And I say to you, whoever divorces his wife, except for immorality, and marries another woman commits adultery."

There are more.

[megatherium]

7. Randall Terry is one creepy bastard.

He told his son, "I’m going to be at your funeral, you’ll be dead by 40." He published a letter attacking his son as a liar from a disturbed background. Swell.

And Randall claims that the Bible doesn't condemn divorce but does homosexuality. Actually, Jesus pointedly and directly condemns divorce, but if Jesus had anything to say about homosexuality, it isn't recorded in the scriptures.

[beam me up scottie]

9. I remember being outraged reading this last year.

And I still haven't cooled off. When his *cough* father asked him why he never confided in him...
snip
"Jamiel hikes his eyebrows as he recalls the conversation. “I told him: "Dad, how was I supposed to tell you? Look at who you are.”"
snip
It's a miracle this kid didn't kill himself, and you know, I bet Terry wishes he had.

[JoMama49]

12. And, here's what Mr. Terry says about his son:

"He has brought great sadness to our family"

http://www.beliefnet.com/story/144/story_14449_1.html

[ronnykmarshall]

23. The son is SO handsome too.

Looks like smaller version of Vin Diesel.

[FreedomAngel82]

31. He does

He just needs some more muscels.

[beam me up scottie]

36. Need a hankie

for the drool?
:P

[Redstone]

41. Well, now THERE'S a great example of him

following Jesus's teaching, isn't it? (As I remember, the Bible says the Big Guy was real strong on tolerance...)

Wotta asshole. Talks about his own kid that way, adopted or not.

Redstone

[deadparrot]

15. Why is it that the most righteous, pious ones

are always the least like Christ?

[AntiCoup2K4]

16. Now this is interesting

Randall, though, was sweetly oblivious. He played a mean guitar and piano, and smoked bodacious amounts of herb. He was going to be a rock ’n’ roll star.

So, here we have a failed rock star who did a lot of drugs and went crazy with a fucked up idea of God and started leading a fanatical murderous cult.

Now why does that sound familiar?

[beam me up scottie]

20. One's locked away where he can do no harm,

and the other's a religious leader.
:wtf:

[FreedomAngel82]

32. Strange isn't it

I'll never get it. :shrug:

[beam me up scottie]

37. Our minds aren't that warped.

I was living in Vermont when terry was there, he didn't exactly get a warm welcome. As I recall, not even the Vermonters who were opposed to civil unions wanted anything to do with him.

[ultraist]

21. Yes. Profile for a fanatical violent cult leader: Randall

I hope the Bush regime is keeping a close eye on him. They are pissed off at the Repukes for not intervening. What will they do to retaliate?

[jdj]

17. there has to be a verse in the bible about this:

"if thou art a hypocrite and prayest in the streets, thy son shall be an out homosexual".

[AntiCoup2K4]

22. Well, this is kind of close to that

Matthew 6

1 Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.

2 Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.

3 But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth:

4 That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.

5 And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.

6 But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.

So it definitely refers to hypocrites praying in the streets, and non-hypocrites being "in the closet", just in a slightly different context :evilgrin:

[jdj]

24. LOL, I've never thought of it that way, good catch. n/t

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

18. All you have to do is read the article...

And you come away with the impression that at very few times was that not a dysfunctional family unit, at its core.

I found the revelations regarding Randall Terry's past and the ingestion of cheesy comestibles very interesting. Very illustrative. I have known people like that in the past. Now, I just avoid them actively.

I hope the son finds the happiness, peace and personal comfort he needs and deserves. I have a feeling he has earned that the hard way.

[DemonFighterLives]

26. "Send him for the 3 month Christian cure"

That line cracked me up. Jamiel replies, "not interested".

[tammywammy]

28. Terry's daughter is also disowned

I saw on interview of both the son and daughter on tv the other day. The daughter was pregnant out of wedlock (she miscarried a few months into it) and Terry the upstanding family values man, kicked her out of the family along with the son.

What a bastard, and how can anyone support him knowing the way he treats his own family.

[FreedomAngel82]

35. Rhandi was talking about this last week

and was reading about the family. The daughter is now a Muslim.

[mondo joe]

34. I wish people would think of THIS family when they say the parents

should decide for their adult children.

[beam me up scottie]

38. Excellent point.

Be a great poster-family for the reichwing, would it not?

[Lindacooks]

39. This is the line that gets me:

'My father kept saying, "It’s no one’s business that I got divorced,"’ Jamiel recalls...

Well, well, well. Randall Terry's personal affairs and business should be private, huh? What a fucking hypocrite.