Originally Posted By gadzuux (10-27) 10:23 PDT WASHINGTON, (AP) -- [Excerpts] Anti-abortion activist Randall Terry is calling on people to burn effigies of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid this Halloween, as part of a "Burn in Hell" video contest to protest the health care legislation in Congress. Terry, founder of Operation Rescue, said Tuesday that the contest serves as a political and spiritual statement that "gives people a chance to peacefully vent their rage." A YouTube video of the contest instructions shows how to print a poster of Reid and Pelosi and construct a stand for it. The clip shows a person dousing the Democratic leaders' images with flammable liquid. The next scene shows their picture going up in flames. People are then encouraged to take pictures, record and submit online the footage of their Oct. 31 protests. The top prize in the video contest includes a weekend in Washington during the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the landmark Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion. <a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/10/27/national/w102053D90.DTL&tsp=1" target="_blank">http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/...TL&tsp=1</a>
Originally Posted By Sara Tonin I find it ironic that one who cares so much for the unborn, doesn't seem to care whether the pregnant woman will be able to get prenatal care to ensure the health and safety of the woman and her fetus...if she can't afford health care he would just allow her to get birth on a bus bench? <<<walks away shaking head.
Originally Posted By Inspector 57 A part of the orginal article cited in the OP is this: **Terry insisted the contest was not a threat to Reid or Pelosi. He contended that the Democrats' plan to overhaul health care would allow federal funding of abortion. Currently a law called the Hyde amendment bars federal funds for abortion — except in cases of rape and incest or if the mother's life would be endangered. The law applies those restrictions to Medicaid, forcing states that cover abortion for low-income women to do so with their own money. Separate laws apply the restrictions to the federal employee health plan and military and other programs. The Democrats' health overhaul bill would create a new stream of federal funds not covered by the restrictions. House Democrats are trying to address anti-abortion lawmakers' concerns by specifying that people receiving government subsidies to buy health insurance couldn't use that money for abortions.** So there IS a reason that this activist would go after a proposed health care plan. It's not as though he's just gone TOTALLY bonkers. But, whatever. I agree this this viewpoint (which was also not quoted from the article originally linked): **House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., called the contest "unfortunate." "I don't think appealing to people's anger and in effect inciting them to acts which either display or in any way project violent acts is consistent with rational discussion of very critical issues," Hoyer told reporters.** Amen. Randall Terry is inciting violence.
