A hiss overwhelmed the room. We were on a stage at Lincoln Center. We were talking about Kansas. And if the audience walked in wanting me to be the enemy, I had just inadvertently confirmed I was. And all it took was a word.
The event was a documentary based on Thomas Franks’ bestseller, What’s the Matter with Kansas? And we had just watched a little of it profiling George Tiller, the late-term-abortion doctor who was murdered in 2009 on a Sunday in the church he regularly attended. It was a cruel, cowardly, evil act. I was the token pro-lifer on the Big Apple panel discussing all things Kansas, and, as far as those gathered were concerned, I had just played to type. I used the m-word. Murder.
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