Ga. man who posted 'Elton John must die' arrested

March 11, 2010, 6:47 PM EST
ATLANTA (AP) -- A Georgia man who posted a video of himself on the Internet holding a sign that said "Elton John must die" has been arrested for making terroristic threats.

Neal Horsley, 65, was arrested early Wednesday in Carrollton, about 50 miles west of Atlanta, said Atlanta Police Sgt. Curtis Davenport. He would not say who Horsley is accused of threatening, but Horsley's son, Nathan, said he thought the arrest was connected to the video about the musician.

In the video posted Feb. 28 on YouTube, Horsley held the sign in front of a building where he said John has a condo. John's publicist, Fran Curtis, confirmed that John has an Atlanta apartment but declined further comment.

Horsley was upset that John, who is gay, told Parade magazine in an interview last month that he thought Jesus was a "compassionate, super-intelligent gay man who understood human problems."

"What Elton John has done is desecrated the image of the Lord Jesus Christ, blasphemed the Lord Jesus Christ," Horsley said in the video.


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View results for: Elton to replace Simon? Elton death threats Horsley founded the Creator's Rights Party and has declared himself a candidate in the 2010 governor's race. He kicked off his campaign July 4, 2008 in downtown Carrollton, wearing a placard showing the head of an aborted fetus while singing an anti-abortion song.

The state ethics commission, which oversees election filings, has no record of Horsley's campaign.

He previously gained notoriety in the late 1990s for his role in establishing a Web site that published the names and addresses of doctors who performed abortions. Planned Parenthood officials called the site a "hit list for terrorists."

Fulton County jail records showed Horsley also faces charges of criminal defamation and disseminating terroristic threats over the Internet.

He was being held Thursday in the Fulton County jail on $40,000 bond. As conditions for his release, a judge said he must live with his son in a house with a phone landline and must pay 10 percent of his bond in cash.

Horsley's son said his father doesn't have an attorney.

Well what he posted is very incendiary....and you never what nut might just go off and try to run with it. Also, you have too be somewhat off your rocker to post something like that that millions of people can see (which would include law enforcement)

Well what he posted is very incendiary....and you never what nut might just go off and try to run with it. Also, you have too be somewhat off your rocker to post something like that that millions of people can see (which would include law enforcement)
Exactly!

Why isn't there any reaction to or coverage of Elton's "Jesus was a gay man" comments? :mad: I remember there was quite a hubbub about the Beatles in 1966 saying that they were "probably more popular than Jesus Christ."

Where's the outrage over Elton's "Jesus was a gay man" comments? :mad:

It's there in your comment, very appropriately and effectively expressed.

Which goes to show that there are appropriate, effective (and even eloquent) ways a person can express their displeasure over any remark they find offensive.

But going online and threatening to off, or exhorting others to off, a famous celebrity isn't among them.

Why isn't there any reaction to or coverage of Elton's "Jesus was a gay man" comments? :mad: I remember there was quite a hubbub about the Beatles in 1966 saying that they were "probably more popular than Jesus Christ."
And of course, as I have repeatedly stated to all pop culture fans who think in terms of sound bytes and one-liners: John Lennon, NOT the Beatles collectively, meant that he thought it was ironic that his own band was bigger than the central figure of history at least in his own country. He thought that the impact of Christianity was dwindling in his own country, but not that he necessarily thought the Beatles were bigger or better than Christ.
He liked what Jesus personally taught, though he felt that the disciples exaggerated the story for their own personal ends. Not a popular view, but he was not personally attacking Christ or bragging about his own band's importance. No one seems to follow what he said in response to the outrage in America over his comments. Everyone loves tabloid business. When you really think about it, over forty years after he made his comment, Christianity is on the decline in Britain and Europe while Islam is increasing--even a high ranking bishop a few years ago suggested that shar'ia law should be adopted in England, and caused a huge controversy over it.

As for Elton John's comments about Christ being a gay man, this is not a rare speculation. Some say, why did Christ surround himself with all men? Where were the women? (There were, of course, women who flocked to him.) I don't think Sir Elton was saying this just to rattle people. Many people have made the same comments that perhaps Christ was gay (though the Bible of course doesn't support this). This is just one more off-the-wall comment made by a celebrity which can be either taken or left.



By the way, why haven't people made any comments about Nergal of the band Behemoth, who is currently in hot water in his native Poland for ripping up Bibles?