It didn't take long for eBay to pull the last two auctions aimed at raising money for the legal defense of Scott Roeder, the man accused of killing Wichita abortion provider George Tiller.
The online auction house removed several auctions for Roeder early Monday, including one for a pencil sketch of Biblical character David holding the decapitated head of Goliath, whose forehead read "Tiller" and corpse read "Child murdering industry."
But two auctions -- one for a "prolife Bible" that belonged to Shelley Shannon, a convicted clinic arsonist who shot and wounded Tiller in 1993, and a Catechism from anti-abortion activist Michael Bray and signed by members of the militant anti-abortion group the Army of God -- lasted into late Monday afternoon before eBay pulled them.
I watched both items top $50.
The Bible's description read:
This is the King JamesVersion Bible owned by S.h.e.l.l.y S.h.a.n.n.o.n until she sent it to
me about 10 years ago when she was transferred from state to federal
prison. I have highlighted many verses in it which prolifers cite to
show that conception is "when life begins", at least in God's opinion.
The listing also referenced Roeder by name, saying Roeder's attorney will employ "the Ne-cess-ity De-fense."
Talking Points Memo received a copy of the enumeration of violations for several items pulled Monday morning by eBay. They also have a statement from eBay.
Today, eBay removed several listings on our site thatThe Kansas City Star talkedviolated several of our policies including our offensive materials'
policy. This policy prohibits items that promote or glorify hatred,
violence, racial, sexual, or religious intolerance, or promote
organizations with such views.
with one of the auctions' organizers, Regina Dinwiddie, who, of course,
claimed she was being discriminated against because she's
anti-abortion: "This is egregious censorship with pro-abortion bias."
The Star reports that eBay explained to Dinwiddie that it
doesn't allow "murderabilia" and "items that are closely associated
with individuals convicted of a violent felony to be listed on eBay.
... Such items can be deeply offensive to the families of victims."
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