'The good news is, the condition of my soul is in the hands of God, but the Iowa caucuses are up to you,' Buttigieg responded, pointing at the crowd.
Protesters shouting about"Sodom and Gomorrah" interrupted South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg on Tuesday at an Iowa campaign rally.One of the men who shouted about the biblical cities destroyed by God's wrath for their sinful ways was Randall Terry, a Christian activist who founded the anti-abortion rights group Operation Rescue. The organization says it split with him 18 years ago and now considers him too radical.
— Josh Lederman April 17, 2019 Buttigieg was also confronted by a protester at a smaller event in Fort Dodge, Iowa, earlier on Tuesday after he brought up the subject of same-sex marriage. "Coffee after church gets a little rowdy sometimes," Buttigieg quipped after the man was escorted from the room. "That gentleman believes that what he is doing is in line with the will of the creator. I view it differently. We ought to be able to view it differently."
Pence responded by accusing Buttigieg of being "critical of my Christian faith and about me personally."Buttigieg on 'Ellen': Pence should say he's 'changed his mind' and back legal protections for gay peopleTerry, the heckler at Tuesday's rally, plans to"spend a lot of time" in Iowa hounding Democratic presidential candidates, he told The Hawk Eye.
Terry was the founder and leader of Operation Rescue, which came to fame in the 1980s as its members conducted sit-ins and blocked the entrances to abortion clinics. But he and the organization eventually parted ways and the group said in a 2009 statement still posted on its website that"Randall Terry is not affiliated with Operation Rescue and does not speak for this organization in any way.
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