Posted on 02/02/2009 11:27:21 AM PST by wagglebee
LOS ANGELES, February 2, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Actor Gary Graham knew that by writing about his personal experience and rejection of abortion, he would be incurring the ire of not a few among the Hollywood elite.
Yet a blog column posted last Tuesday by the seasoned actor, known most recently for his roles as Ambassador Soval in the TV series "Star Trek: Enterprise" and Capt. Ingles on "J.A.G.", took an unflinching look at truths almost entirely ignored by those in the Hollywood establishment.
"I’m going to say what millions know in the front of their brains, and many, many more millions know in the depths of their hearts … but won’t allow themselves to think it, much less feel it," wrote Graham. "And believe me, I know I’ll be hated for saying it, I’ll be hated by people who don’t know me, have never worked with me, have never golfed with me, had a drink with me.
"I’m going to say it anyway: Abortion is murder."
Graham described the irresponsibility of his youth that made abortion the convenient option for a drug-fueled, “free-love” lifestyle. He confessed to having paid for multiple abortions for girlfriends, observing that abortion “sure took the pressure off of me, a guy, interested in sex who had been raised in the era of, ‘Hey, you get a girl pregnant, you marry her!’” But then, he says, a "spiritual awakening" brought him to a "tearful epiphany of what it meant for a man to be with a woman, what sex was really designed for by our Creator and … what abortion is.
"I truly wish that I had had this conviction way back when…when I was only concerned about my selfish convenience of the day," wrote Graham. "But I didn’t want to know, I didn’t want to think about it. It was inconvenient to think about it."
He noted that the widespread acceptance of abortion "says volumes of how our entire culture has been coarsened," and "How life itself has been cheapened.”
"We are told to have sex any time we feel the urge. Condoms are handed out in grade schools. Promiscuity is not only condoned, it’s tacitly encouraged ... But if you should get pregnant and it’s just not a ‘convenient’ time for you, don’t worry, there are Family Planning Services. ... That inconvenient fetus can be surgically ripped from its uterine moorings, ground up and tossed into the trash like so much garbage.
"Problem solved, and the mother can resume her egocentric lifestyle. But the scars on that woman’s soul will never quite heal. I’m a man, but I’ve got them on mine."
Responding to those who call for abortion to be "legal but rare," Graham asked, "Why rare?
"What’s wrong with abortion, that you think it should be a rare occurrence? I’ve had moles removed from my skin. Doctors don’t tell us that a mole removal should be rare. So what’s with this ‘rare’ business? Or is it a tacit agreement that abortion … is plain wrong?
"Try this exercise: Every time you hear someone use the phrase '…a woman’s right to choose…' mentally complete the phrase with the following words – '…to kill her baby.' That’s what the argument’s about. A woman’s right to kill her baby."
To see Gary Graham's full article, go to (Warning: Graham uses vulgar language that is not appropriate for children): http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/ggraham/2009/01/27/flashpo...
The ONLY cases that occur with any frequency where the mother's life is at risk due to the baby are ectopic pregnancies; however, in nearly all of these pregnancies the baby is ALREADY DEAD when the condition is discovered.
The sad fact is that abortions are performed so people don't have to take responsibility for their actions.
Yes they are. An American child is murdered EVERY 24 SECONDS for "convenience."
I watched his interview on Fox and did not take hi a pro homo marriage or pro abortion. Simply there are 100 issues on the table and we need not break apart by two.
Enterprise pro-life ping.
Crumbs! I never realized Soval was Sykes!
What an anomaly....
Kudos to him.
Very well said....
More so than the newly-elected RNC head it seems
What do you mean?
Hey, asshat, prove your filthy slur or shut the heck up!
I have pressed the abuse button, as I will again, if I keep seeing this unfounded slur against a good man.
Holy Cr*p! He pounded the libs to powder with that one. I just bookmarked his blog page - I had no idea he was such a strong commentator.
Watered my eyes. I have a similar story, and Praise God that He enlightened me.
The scars, Mr. Graham, are there to keep reminding us.
It proves that every life, even those unborn to us, serves a purpose.
Got a link for that?
Something I've been saying for years. Always add the words to clarify what they mean when they say "the right to choose..."
Wow. I love this guy. He dares to Tell Truth To Power.
See the movie “Alfie” for a great Michael Caine performance and a Hollywood that was able to say straight up that men participate in abortion and that it is murder.
That’s exactly what it was “all about” in the song and in the unequivocal message of the movie. Michael Caine realized he had murdered his own aborted son and the realization changed his life.
From the sounds of things he should have been elected to be the new leader of the dying GOP.
I've also had people say to me, "I wouldn't choose abortion for myself, but I think it would be improper to tell someone else that they should choose abortion."
I ask them to substitute the words murder, rape, rob and arson for abortion.
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