tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2052416459984165105.post2749290271841568389..comments2024-03-06T11:25:30.029-07:00Comments on I Support Tina Anderson: Notes from the Trial Part FOURUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2052416459984165105.post-68151422164741714502012-06-05T11:53:48.309-07:002012-06-05T11:53:48.309-07:00Laurie, David Gibbs came to Charleston, SC to defe...Laurie, David Gibbs came to Charleston, SC to defend Northside Baptist and its preacher, John Stevens, from allegations of misappropriation of funds, etc. Gibbs is the lowest of the low in my estimation. I was excommunicated from Northside along with my pregnant wife and father because we questioned what was going on with the finances...and, of course, there were guys in the church doing stuff to the kids and everyone in the IFB cult winked at it, Bob Jones III, the Greenville, SC preachers, the board members, and all of the IFB big wigs. That was back in 1991 before social media so it was easy for the big wigs to control the debate. Not so anymore...1911manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01592837668852775414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2052416459984165105.post-72890626607745982352011-07-31T21:53:45.607-07:002011-07-31T21:53:45.607-07:00Sitting in the courtroom and witnessing Chris Leaf...Sitting in the courtroom and witnessing Chris Leaf completely abdicate her soul and heart as a mother was one of the most difficult aspects of the trial. I cried gut wrenching sobs after we left court that day. The complete and utter selfishness of a woman that would take a convicted abuser back into her home and leave him with her children unsupervised--not after just one prison term, but THREE. Then she acted pitiful like she was being attacked by the prosecutor. <br /><br />You know the worst part? Chris Leaf, Dan Leaf and David Gibbs were staying at the same hotel as a group of supporters for Tina. On Monday morning, they all met together and talked in the breakfast area. They talked loudly enough to be overheard by some of my friends that morning. I wish we could have recorded that conversation for the jury. <br /><br />It is beyond sad to me. Disgusting. And yet on the stand Chris claimed credit for Tina's success as an adult woman, mom and wife. <br /><br />Tina is who she is because of the grace of God--completely in spite of how she was treated by Chris Leaf, Dan Leaf and Chuck and Linda Phelps. Fortunately for all of them, God will show them more mercy than they showed Tina.Lauriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16174018031969487946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2052416459984165105.post-63276526148083742652011-07-30T04:18:39.645-07:002011-07-30T04:18:39.645-07:00It's really hard to read the exchange where Ch...It's really hard to read the exchange where Christine absolutely refuses to say that Tina was a good kid. Just really hard. I can't imagine having to grow up in a home with a mother like her.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com