May 3, 2005

The Honorable Frank R. Lautenberg
United States Senate

My Dear Frank:

Thank you for your letter this date. Surely you have been in public life long enough to understand that statements get taken out of context and then blown out of proportion. For that reason, I am sending you the transcript of my interview with George Stephanopoulos on ABC this past Sunday. You will notice that I was speaking of a scope of 100 years of American history.

Of course, the tragedy of September 11th is still vivid in all of our minds. Not only did I watch in shock and disbelief as those planes hit the Towers, but I was probably the first newscaster on TV to proclaim that this was an act of terrorism and not an accident. These people are evil and vicious and the suffering they caused was extraordinary.

However, it is my feeling that no crazed terrorists hiding out in mountain caves on the border of Afghanistan can threaten America. America will remain strong as long as we hold to those enduring values which have made this country great.

It is my firm conviction that Supreme Court decisions which have led to the wanton slaughter of 40 million unborn babies; the removal of cherished religious truth from the schoolroom and the public square; the usurpation of the constitutional powers of our elected representatives, such as yourself; the sanctioning of pornography and the potential destruction of marriage, are all of themselves graver dangers in the decades to come than the terrorists which our great nation has defeated in Afghanistan and Iraq.

I owe no one any apology for my point of view, because in these matters I believe that history will bear me out. With warm personal regards and sincere best wishes, I remain…

Cordially yours,

 

Pat Robertson
Chairman of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer