[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 505 Engrossed in House (EH)]

H. Res. 505

                In the House of Representatives, U. S.,

                                                          June 9, 2009.
Whereas Dr. George Tiller was murdered in Wichita, Kansas, on May 31, 2009;
Whereas Dr. Tiller is mourned by his family, friends, congregation, community, 
        and colleagues;
Whereas Dr. Tiller, 67, was killed in his place of worship, a place intended for 
        peace and refuge that in a moment became a place for violence and 
        murder;
Whereas places of worship should be sanctuaries, but have increasingly borne 
        witness to reprehensible acts of violence, with 38 people in the United 
        States killed in their place of worship in the past 10 years and 30 
        people wounded in those same incidents;
Whereas these acts of violence include the murder of an Illinois pastor at the 
        pulpit in March 2009, the murder of an Ohio minister in November 2008, 
        the murder of an usher and a guest during a children's play in a 
        Tennessee church in July 2008, the murder of four family members in a 
        church in Louisiana in May 2006, and the shooting of a worshipper 
        outside a synagogue in Florida in October 2005; and
Whereas violence is deplorable, and never an acceptable avenue for expressing 
        opposing viewpoints: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) offers its condolences to Dr. Tiller's family; and
            (2) commits to the American principle that tolerance must always be 
        superior to intolerance, and that violence is never an appropriate 
        response to a difference in beliefs.
            Attest:

                                                                          Clerk.