{"id":84,"date":"2009-01-28T18:40:00","date_gmt":"2009-01-29T01:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/churchofthemasses\/2009\/01\/an-actor-tells-the-truth\/"},"modified":"2009-01-28T18:40:00","modified_gmt":"2009-01-29T01:40:00","slug":"an-actor-tells-the-truth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/churchofthemasses\/2009\/01\/an-actor-tells-the-truth\/","title":{"rendered":"An Actor Tells the Truth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Here<\/strong><\/a> is an astounding piece by actor, Gary Graham (Star Trek: Enterprise), posted over at BigHollywood.com, about his journey from being a pot-smoking, baby-boom, free-lover and pro-choicer, into being a shell-shocked, \u201cI killed my own children\u201d pro-lifer.<\/p>\n

I can\u2019t tell you how much courage it takes for someone in the Hollywood cosmos to say clearly and uneqivocally, \u201cI don\u2019t care that you think you need it. Abortion is murder.\u201d God bless Mr. Graham. (Thanks to Jeff C. for the heads up.)<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a snip:<\/p>\n

I have been on all sides of this issue for most of my life, and I can simply not escape the logic. That fetus a pregnant woman is carrying inside of her, regardless of the gestation stage, is a living, breathing human being. Yes, breathing \u2013 the amniotic sac forms 12 days after conception, and in the second trimester the baby is actually breathing the amniotic fluid. It\u2019s not an \u2018unviable tissue mass.\u2019 Not a wart, a mole, a skin outcropping, a boil, or a bundle of uncoordinated cells. It\u2019s not just a \u2018fetus\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s a baby. Not fully developed, true. Like an infant is not a fully developed and mature adult. But it\u2019s a baby.<\/p>\n

And the first time I got a girl pregnant, I would have wrestled you to the ground for saying that. How f*cking dare you? You don\u2019t know what you\u2019re talking about! You piece of crap, you don\u2019t know!<\/p>\n

Well I do know. And I stand condemned. I\u2019ve paid for three of them and was responsible for probably several more, I\u2019m not really sure. But it breaks my heart. Because I\u2019ve been convicted in my soul. It took years after the fact, but I was shown the Truth. And not to get mumbo-jumbo, oogly-boogly on you, but it was a spiritual awakening that did it. It happened unexpectedly, and it threw me to my knees in sudden tearful epiphany of what it meant for a man to be with a woman, what sex was really designed for by our Creator and\u2026 what abortion is.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Oh God, have mercy on us.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here is an astounding piece by actor, Gary Graham (Star Trek: Enterprise), posted over at BigHollywood.com, about his journey from being a pot-smoking, baby-boom, free-lover and pro-choicer, into being a shell-shocked, \u201cI killed my own children\u201d pro-lifer. I can\u2019t tell you how much courage it takes for someone in the Hollywood cosmos to say clearly […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1121,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-84","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nAn Actor Tells the Truth<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Here is an astounding piece by actor, Gary Graham (Star Trek: Enterprise), posted over at BigHollywood.com, about his journey from being a pot-smoking,\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/churchofthemasses\/2009\/01\/an-actor-tells-the-truth\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"An Actor Tells the Truth\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Here is an astounding piece by actor, Gary Graham (Star Trek: Enterprise), posted over at BigHollywood.com, about his journey from being a pot-smoking,\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/churchofthemasses\/2009\/01\/an-actor-tells-the-truth\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Church of the Masses\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2009-01-29T01:40:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Barbara Nicolosi\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Barbara Nicolosi\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/churchofthemasses\/2009\/01\/an-actor-tells-the-truth\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/churchofthemasses\/2009\/01\/an-actor-tells-the-truth\/\",\"name\":\"An Actor Tells the Truth\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/churchofthemasses\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2009-01-29T01:40:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2009-01-29T01:40:00+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/churchofthemasses\/#\/schema\/person\/ba0f1b7b363d55ec96a9775380695055\"},\"description\":\"Here is an astounding piece by actor, Gary Graham (Star Trek: Enterprise), posted over at BigHollywood.com, about his journey from being a pot-smoking,\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/churchofthemasses\/2009\/01\/an-actor-tells-the-truth\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/churchofthemasses\/2009\/01\/an-actor-tells-the-truth\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/churchofthemasses\/2009\/01\/an-actor-tells-the-truth\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/churchofthemasses\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"An Actor Tells the Truth\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/churchofthemasses\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/churchofthemasses\/\",\"name\":\"Church of the Masses\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/churchofthemasses\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/churchofthemasses\/#\/schema\/person\/ba0f1b7b363d55ec96a9775380695055\",\"name\":\"Barbara Nicolosi\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/churchofthemasses\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/425c746b5615ed26d89d082ba5276d75?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/425c746b5615ed26d89d082ba5276d75?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Barbara Nicolosi\"},\"description\":\"Barbara Nicolosi is the Executive Director of the Galileo Studio at Azusa Pacific University. She founded the Act One programs in Hollywood (www.actoneprogram.com) and is an adjunct professor of cinema at Azusa Pacific University and Pepperdine University. Barbara is the co-editor of the Baker Books release, Behind the Screen: Hollywood Insiders on Faith and Culture.\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/churchofthemasses\/author\/barbaranicolosi\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"An Actor Tells the Truth","description":"Here is an astounding piece by actor, Gary Graham (Star Trek: Enterprise), posted over at BigHollywood.com, about his journey from being a pot-smoking,","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/churchofthemasses\/2009\/01\/an-actor-tells-the-truth\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"An Actor Tells the Truth","og_description":"Here is an astounding piece by actor, Gary Graham (Star Trek: Enterprise), posted over at BigHollywood.com, about his journey from being a pot-smoking,","og_url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/churchofthemasses\/2009\/01\/an-actor-tells-the-truth\/","og_site_name":"Church of the Masses","article_published_time":"2009-01-29T01:40:00+00:00","author":"Barbara Nicolosi","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Barbara Nicolosi","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/churchofthemasses\/2009\/01\/an-actor-tells-the-truth\/","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/churchofthemasses\/2009\/01\/an-actor-tells-the-truth\/","name":"An Actor Tells the Truth","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/churchofthemasses\/#website"},"datePublished":"2009-01-29T01:40:00+00:00","dateModified":"2009-01-29T01:40:00+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/churchofthemasses\/#\/schema\/person\/ba0f1b7b363d55ec96a9775380695055"},"description":"Here is an astounding piece by actor, Gary Graham (Star Trek: Enterprise), posted over at BigHollywood.com, about his journey from being a pot-smoking,","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/churchofthemasses\/2009\/01\/an-actor-tells-the-truth\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/churchofthemasses\/2009\/01\/an-actor-tells-the-truth\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/churchofthemasses\/2009\/01\/an-actor-tells-the-truth\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/churchofthemasses\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"An Actor Tells the Truth"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/churchofthemasses\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/churchofthemasses\/","name":"Church of the Masses","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/churchofthemasses\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/churchofthemasses\/#\/schema\/person\/ba0f1b7b363d55ec96a9775380695055","name":"Barbara Nicolosi","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/churchofthemasses\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/425c746b5615ed26d89d082ba5276d75?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/425c746b5615ed26d89d082ba5276d75?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Barbara Nicolosi"},"description":"Barbara Nicolosi is the Executive Director of the Galileo Studio at Azusa Pacific University. She founded the Act One programs in Hollywood (www.actoneprogram.com) and is an adjunct professor of cinema at Azusa Pacific University and Pepperdine University. Barbara is the co-editor of the Baker Books release, Behind the Screen: Hollywood Insiders on Faith and Culture.","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/churchofthemasses\/author\/barbaranicolosi\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/churchofthemasses\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/churchofthemasses\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/churchofthemasses\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/churchofthemasses\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1121"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/churchofthemasses\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/churchofthemasses\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/churchofthemasses\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/churchofthemasses\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/churchofthemasses\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}