By: DAVID RICE
To: KEN YOUNG
Re: Cracker Barrel boycott
KY> And how many cases of torture, rape and murder, can
KY> you think of lately, that occurred in the name of
KY> Christianity?
Gunmen for Christ
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March 10, 1993 -- Dr. David Gunn was shot to death outside a
Pensacola, Fla., clinic, the first American doctor killed during
an anti-abortion demonstration. Michael Griffin was convicted
and sentenced to life in prison.
Aug. 19, 1993 -- Dr. George Tiller was shot in both arms as he
drove out of the parking lot at his Wichita, Kan., clinic.
Rachelle (Shelley) Shannon was convicted and sentenced to 11
years in prison.
July 29, 1994 -- Dr. John Bayard Britton and his escort, James
Barrett, were slain outside a Pensacola, Fla., abortion clinic.
Paul Hill, 40, a former minister and an abortion foe, was
convicted of state murder charges and sentenced to death. In a
separate federal trial, Hill was sentenced to life without
parole for violating the new federal clinic-protection law.
Nov. 8, 1994 -- Dr. Garson Romalis, who performs abortions in
Vancouver, B.C., Canada, was shot in the leg while eating
breakfast at home. No arrests have been made.
Dec. 30, 1994 -- A gunman killed two staff workers and five
other people at two abortion clinics in the Boston suburb of
Brookline. A 22-year-old hairdresser named John Salvi was later
arrested and charged with murder.
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