Columbine Victim's Dad Speaks Out on CBS

Bill O'Reilly, in his Talking Points Memo segment, played a guest commentary that was part of the CBS Evening News this week. The speaker was the father of a victim of the Columbine shootings. This is what he said:

BRIAN ROHRBOUGH, FATHER: I am saddened and shaken by the shooting at an Amish school today and last week's school murders. When my son Dan was murdered on the sidewalk at Columbine High School on April 20th, 1999, I hoped that would be the last school shooting.

Since that day, I tried to answer the question why did this happen? This country is in a moral free fall. For over two generations, the public school system has taught in a moral vacuum, expelling God from the school and from the government, replacing Him with evolution, where the strong kill the weak without moral consequences. And life has no inherent value.

We teach there are no absolutes, no right or wrong. And I assure you, the murder of innocent children is always wrong, including by abortion.

Abortion has diminished the value of children. Suicide has become an acceptable action and has further emboldened these criminals. And we are seeing an epidemic increase in murder/suicide attacks on our children.

Sadly, our schools are not safe. In fact, we now witness that within our schools, our children have become a target of terrorists from within the United States.

O'Reilly goes on to comment on the reaction of the Perkie Katie Couric to the commentary:

And now the reaction. Ms. Couric posted this on her blog: "We knew when we decided to put on this segment that a lot of people would disagree with it. We also knew some might even find it repugnant."

Repugnant? Why would any fair-minded person find Mr. Rohrbough's opinion repugnant? You can disagree with the man, but using a word like "repugnant" marginalizes his legitimate opinion. Millions of Americans see it the way Mr. Rohrbough does.

Now I don't believe Ms. Couric meant to demean the man, but her words reflect the elitist attitude common in network news and in the general media. Using the word "repugnant" might restore Ms. Couric's cocktail party credibility, but it is an unfortunate choice of words.

Here's a man that lost his son in a tragic school shooting, and had he not mentioned abortion, his statement probably would have been lauded. However, abortion has become a holy sacrament to the left, and that makes any negative mention "repugnant". Very interesting, and thanks to O'Reilly for pointing it out. Needless to say, I don't watch the Perkie Katie.