From The Associated Press, 4/22/04:

Christian Activist's Son Says He Is Gay


CHARLOTTE, N.C. --

The son of Christian activist Randall Terry, known for his strident
opposition to abortion and homosexuality, says he is gay.

In an article in the May issue of Out magazine -- for which he was
paid $2,500 -- Jamiel Terry, 24, says he first realized he was gay
seven years ago, when a male friend with whom he'd been intimate asked
if they were gay or bisexual.

"I didn't know how to respond," he writes.

"I mean, we had been having sex for ages, but I'd always believed I
couldn't be gay: I was the son of Randall Terry, a major leader of the
Christian right's anti-abortion movement and now a leader in the fight
against marriage for same-sex couples."

Before the Out article was released, Randall Terry published his own
essay, "My prodigal son, the homosexual," on several Internet sites,
including RandallTerry.com, writing his son "sold out our family's
privacy and private discussions for cold cash."

The younger Terry told The Washington Post his father drove from
Florida to Charlotte, where the son lives, to speak with him about the
first-person magazine story -- and to ask why he had not told the
elder Terry about it.

"I told him: 'Dad, how was I supposed to tell you? Look who you are,'"
Jamiel Terry said in Thursday's Post.

He also denied his father's accusations that Out's editors solicited
the article and put words in his mouth.

The younger Terry said he sought out the magazine.

But Jamiel Terry said it was true, as his father had claimed, that
he'd been convicted of drunken driving, written bad checks and
committed other frauds.

"Dad doesn't mess around with Tomahawks, he sends in the nuclear
warheads," he said.

"My father's first and foremost aim is to protect himself."

Randall Terry founded Operation Rescue in 1986.

The group applied civil rights-era strategies of civil disobedience to
the fight against legalized abortion.

He also has spoken out against gay marriage.

Jamiel Terry is the son of a woman whom the elder Terry talked out of
having an abortion.

The Terrys took in Jamiel and his two sisters as foster children, and
then adopted Jamiel and his younger sister in 1994.

The children's mother has since died.

"Tragically, by the time we got him as a foster child, he (Jamiel) had
already learned a lifestyle of deceit," Randall Terry writes.
________________________________________________

"I want you to just let a wave of intolerance wash over you. I want
you to let a wave of hatred wash over you. Yes, hate is good...Our
goal is a Christian nation. We have a Biblical duty, we are called by
God, to conquer this country. We don't want equal time. We don't want
pluralism."

--Randall Terry, Founder of Operation Rescue, The News-Sentinel, Fort
Wayne, Indiana, 8-16-93

Harry

From The Associated Press, 4/22/04:

Christian Activist's Son Says He Is Gay


CHARLOTTE, N.C. --

The son of Christian activist Randall Terry, known for his strident
opposition to abortion and homosexuality, says he is gay.

In an article in the May issue of Out magazine -- for which he was
paid $2,500 -- Jamiel Terry, 24, says he first realized he was gay
seven years ago, when a male friend with whom he'd been intimate asked
if they were gay or bisexual.

"I didn't know how to respond," he writes.

"I mean, we had been having sex for ages, but I'd always believed I
couldn't be gay: I was the son of Randall Terry, a major leader of the
Christian right's anti-abortion movement and now a leader in the fight
against marriage for same-sex couples."

Before the Out article was released, Randall Terry published his own
essay, "My prodigal son, the homosexual," on several Internet sites,
including RandallTerry.com, writing his son "sold out our family's
privacy and private discussions for cold cash."

The younger Terry told The Washington Post his father drove from
Florida to Charlotte, where the son lives, to speak with him about the
first-person magazine story -- and to ask why he had not told the
elder Terry about it.

"I told him: 'Dad, how was I supposed to tell you? Look who you are,'"
Jamiel Terry said in Thursday's Post.

He also denied his father's accusations that Out's editors solicited
the article and put words in his mouth.

The younger Terry said he sought out the magazine.

But Jamiel Terry said it was true, as his father had claimed, that
he'd been convicted of drunken driving, written bad checks and
committed other frauds.

"Dad doesn't mess around with Tomahawks, he sends in the nuclear
warheads," he said.

"My father's first and foremost aim is to protect himself."

Randall Terry founded Operation Rescue in 1986.

The group applied civil rights-era strategies of civil disobedience to
the fight against legalized abortion.

He also has spoken out against gay marriage.

Jamiel Terry is the son of a woman whom the elder Terry talked out of
having an abortion.

The Terrys took in Jamiel and his two sisters as foster children, and
then adopted Jamiel and his younger sister in 1994.

The children's mother has since died.

"Tragically, by the time we got him as a foster child, he (Jamiel) had
already learned a lifestyle of deceit," Randall Terry writes.
________________________________________________

"I want you to just let a wave of intolerance wash over you. I want
you to let a wave of hatred wash over you. Yes, hate is good...Our
goal is a Christian nation. We have a Biblical duty, we are called by
God, to conquer this country. We don't want equal time. We don't want
pluralism."

--Randall Terry, Founder of Operation Rescue, The News-Sentinel, Fort
Wayne, Indiana, 8-16-93

Harry

From The Associated Press, 4/22/04:
http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-operation-rescue-gay-son,0,6449513.story?coll=sns-ap-nationworld-headlines

Christian Activist's Son Says He Is Gay


CHARLOTTE, N.C. --

The son of Christian activist Randall Terry, known for his strident
opposition to abortion and homosexuality, says he is gay.

In an article in the May issue of Out magazine -- for which he was
paid $2,500 -- Jamiel Terry, 24, says he first realized he was gay
seven years ago, when a male friend with whom he'd been intimate asked
if they were gay or bisexual.

"I didn't know how to respond," he writes.

"I mean, we had been having sex for ages, but I'd always believed I
couldn't be gay: I was the son of Randall Terry, a major leader of the
Christian right's anti-abortion movement and now a leader in the fight
against marriage for same-sex couples."

Before the Out article was released, Randall Terry published his own
essay, "My prodigal son, the homosexual," on several Internet sites,
including RandallTerry.com, writing his son "sold out our family's
privacy and private discussions for cold cash."