Randall Terry

“He is very big on image. In a large way Tila and I mess up that image.”
Jamiel Terry, openly gay son of Operation Rescue founder Randall Terry, on why his father does not include a photo that shows Jamiel or his sister Tila, who had an out-of-wedlock pregnancy, in literature for the father’s state Senate race in Florida (Associated Press, Aug. 23)

http://sovo.com/2006/8-25/view/ontherecord/otr.cfm


I've seen several articles on this controversy. In many respects it would be irrelevant how many of Randall Terry's children are in the campaign photo, except that Terry has campaigned on so-called family values. I seem ro remember one of the quotes from the Terry campaign was that Jamiel and Tila hadn't been in the photo since they hadn't been in the same room for three years. That speaks to me of family values.

But that doesn't say anything about good family values. The family values with which I was raised included my mother calling her parents once a week to see what was happening as well as arranging with her brothers and sisters to have several visiting the family farm together. Three years without seeing each other seems a bit absurd for someone who is claiming to have family values.