Neal Horsely.
If you haven't heard the name before, you're going to want to google it after this. I think that people like him are the reason that most people who have neither strong pro-life or pro-choice views end up leaning towards the pro-choice side.
Neal Horsely lives in Carrollton, Georgia. At first glance, he looks like a wooly booger mountain man...but not one that you would be immediately wary of. If you google his name, all sorts of things come up. Most notoriously, he's known for creating the Nuremburg files, an online "hit list" of abortion providers. It has been modified a great deal since it was originally created. A few years ago, you could go online and view the list...it had the names and contact information of abortion providers. When one was taken out, a line would be drawn through the name. Creepy. It was shut down for a while, but through an appeal process was allowed to go back up, under freedom of speech. You may also come across the story of Horsely being arrested for making terroristic threats against Elton John. Yeah. Random. He has also publicly admitted (as in, on FOX NEWS) that as a youngster, he dabbled in a bit of bestiality. Classy.
As if all that weren't enough to give the pro-life movement a bad name, the man works TIRELESSLY on the issue. Which, to be honest, most of the typical pro-lifers do not do. He's even gone so far as to make a pathetic attempt at running for governor (also stating that he would kill his own son, who is a SGT. in the army, if he came to Ga and tried to prevent Neal from being elected...why that would happen is beyond me). He has a YouTube channel that includes a collection of his usually nonsensical rantings (along with a phone number hanging up in the background above him, so that you can call and make a non-tax deductible donation to his cause, or call and discuss the issues with him). Let's just put it this way, if I ever had the chance to interview this guy (which in all honesty, I would love to do just to witness this stuff face to face), I would definitely take precautions. On his facebook page, he says he's fluent in all sorts of Biblical languages. And while he has over 1,000 friends, he seems to comment and interact with them on a regular basis. Most of which, is scripture he's quoting to them regarding the "slavery of abortion" and whatnot.
Now, you also have pro-lifers who have made an impact that seem like honest to God GOOD people. People that you wouldn't mind having lunch with. People like, Operation Rescue's president, Troy Newman. Do I agree with some of his ideas? No. Do I think we could probably sit down and have an intelligent, calm conversation about our differences? Absolutely. I think he's made big changes within Operation Rescue since the days that Randall Terry was it's leader (a whole different blog entry). He's definitely given the pro-life movement a more positive, less fanatical name.
I suppose there are people on both sides of the fence that could scare an unsure person into choosing a side. Randall Terry was enough to make me rethink my pro-life stance. And I'm sure idiots like Kermit Gosnell make people on the pro-choice side rethink their views too (though I think anyone on EITHER side of the debate wouldn't mind seeing him fry). The best part is, it's all up for debate (in a civil, mature, open minded way...we can all live without the narrow minded bs, I think).
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