Elton John is shownb in this file photo during his open-air
concert at the Gerry-Weber-Stadium in Halle, Germany. (AP
Photo/Volker Wiciok, File)
A US 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 in Carrollton, about 80km 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 on February 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.
Horsley founded the Creator's Rights Party and has declared
himself a candidate in the 2010 governor's race. He kicked
off his campaign on 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.
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