Recent Activities
Benham also gained attention commenting on the execution of Paul Jennings Hill and the murder of George Tiller, and for participating in the vigil outside of Judge Roy Moore's courthouse in which stood a Ten Commandments monument. He also demonstrated for Terri Schiavo.
Benham stated of Troy Newman, "There have been three directors of Operation Rescue – Troy Newman is not one."
In a 2006 interview with Al Gross of KJSL-AM in suburban St. Louis, during the morning drive-time program "Mornings with Tim and Al", Benham stated he would let a daughter die rather than abort an ectopic pregnancy. When pressed on the question by Gross and an on-air telephone caller, Benham backed down and grudgingly admitted he would allow an abortion under such a circumstance.
Benham has also campaigned against hate crime legislation that would include extra legal protections for victims of anti-gay bias crimes.
On July 1, 2011, a Charlotte, North Carolina jury found Benham guilty of stalking a Charlotte doctor. Prosecutors charged that Benham and his supporters took pictures of the doctor's house and the interior of his clinic and told the doctor's neighbors that he was a murderer. Benham was sentenced to 18 months probation and ordered to stay at least 500 feet from the doctor.
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