Posted on 07/04/2012 11:31:09 AM PDT by wagglebee
DENVER, CO, July 4, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) —Days after Personhood USA president Keith Mason’s home was attacked in the night leaving his wife and children traumatized, a Personhood volunteer, 69-year-old Everett Stadig, was assaulted, sustaining a broken hip.
On Saturday, Stadig – a soft-spoken and slender gentleman - was thrown off his bicycle while peacefully gathering signatures for the Personhood amendment in Colorado, and as a result has had to undergo surgery to replace part of his hip.
Stadig stopped outside a grocery store to invite people to sign the Personhood petition. One woman expressed interest in signing, but had to return temporarily into the store. While Stadig waited, a man came by whom he also invited to sign the petition.
In a telephone interview from his hospital bed, Stadig told LifeSiteNews that the man was “in his mid thirties and looked about six foot tall.” He refused to sign, and began to swear and shout at Stadig.
“He was yelling ‘I’m pro-choice!’” Stadig recalled, adding that he used “most foul language.”
Stadig explained that being ‘pro-choice’ meant pro-abortion, and again urged him to sign. At first the man walked away, but returned half a minute later, still swearing and yelling.
“He said ‘you don’t have a right to be here!’” Stadig related, “and I said ‘I do have a right to be here, this is a Colorado Petition Drive’. Then he grabbed my petition pad, and with the same movement threw me to ground, and I was hurt so bad I couldn’t get up.”
Stadig was on tall bicycle. He struck the ground hard on his hip and was in too much pain to rise. Stadig said that there were between 10 and 20 people present, and at least seven witnessed the assault, but no one had tried to stop the man. “It happened so fast, and they were too far away,” he explained.
The man who had attacked him did not stop to see if Stadig was injured. “After he threw me off the bicycle, he proceeded to leave,” Stadig said, “and I was trying to get people to call the police… to get that man’s license number, because I couldn’t do it.” Eventually a woman came forward, took the man’s license plate, and wrote a report.
Stadig learned later that his hip had been broken.
He remained on the ground for several minutes. “There were people around,” he said, “but no one offered to help me up.”
Eventually security personnel came out of the store and got Stadig off the ground and into a chair to wait for the ambulance.
Stadig was bruised and his hip badly injured: “I found out that it was separated, and I must get a replacement ball socket.”
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While recovering from surgery, Stadig has still been gathering petitions in the hospital among the nurses and therapists.
Personhood USA President Keith Mason commented to LifeSiteNews, “There he is chillin in the hospital bed with his clipboard getting signatures of the hospital staff… he’s a great guy, an inspiration to us.”
Stadig is pressing charges, but does not yet know the name of his assailant and has still heard nothing from the police. “It’s unbelievable what happens in this country,” he said. “There’s so much violence.”
Stadig - tall, bearded and thin - bears a resemblance to Abraham Lincoln. He has made use of these traits to attract young people to his pro-life appeals. His signature Abe Lincoln tux and top hat have brought smiles and photo ops to many a family.
Stadig’s pastor Bob Enyart of Denver Bible Church, visited with Stadig in hospital. Pastor Enyart told LifeSiteNews, “Everett is so soft spoken, if he yelled you might hear him ten feet away. He’s a gentle giant who has the boldness of a lion when it comes to protecting an innocent child. Here in Denver, Everett is a local hero. As Jesus said, love God, and love your neighbor! That’s what Everett’s all about.”
I am waiting for the day that some leftist judge rules a pecedent that such physical assault is “protected political speech”. At that point we are obligated to reciprocate disproportionately.
It used to be called the Death Penalty, but now Justice Roberts says we should call it the Death Tax.
It used to be punishment for those convicted of murder, but now it’s punishment of those who are inconvenient.
I bet those with a Romney bumper sticker or yard sign will be subject to vandalism more so than those with an Obama sign. Just goes to show how immature and childish the left is. But you won't see or hear about it from the "news" media (except maybe FNC).
These SOB’s that do things like that are the most vile and horrible creatures out there. I often wonder if they are demon possessed and/or under the influence of them. We are at the time of the greatest division since the Civil War.
the unborn and those over fifty are an affront to the regime and its useful idiots.
... and just that little bit of truth was enough to drive a grown man, apparently uninfluenced by drugs or alcohol, to a violent assault. One wonders how many of the attacker's sex partners have aborted his children.
I knew an Abraham Lincoln reenactor in Tulsa. He often presented the Gettysburg Address at 4th of July events or library educational programs. His wife did Mary Todd (sans obvious neuroses).
All pro-lifers are in great danger.
Perhaps the cops are sympathetic to the 'pro-death' crowd.
Indeed.
About the attack, as unlikely as I would have believed the US would split into separate countries, it seems even less likely the left and right can live peacefully together after the past few years.
If this is where our country is now; then perhaps it is time for G-d Almighty to execute His judgement upon this Nation. I grieve for some, but I am also at peace.
Too bad this fellow isn’t black, and supporting some liberal cause - then every race-baiter and liberal quack would be pounding the airwaves calling for justice and protests in the streets...
But it’s just a white guy (and a professed Christian) staying up for the unborn who have no voice - not a PC cause... so the crickets chirp
As much as it pains me to say this, it certainly seems that evil is taking over our once great country under obama’s rule!!!
God Help Us!
Same thing, no correction needed :)
Since the police have the offender’s license plate, it should be easy to track him down and arrest him. And whether or not they do, this gentleman can file a whopper of a lawsuit against him. His attorney most definitely can track down the offender.
Hopefully the offender holds some leadership position in a pro-abortion group.
I’ll have find out how I can take Mr. Stadig’s place, gathering signatures.
Antagonists can expect a different outcome.
Re: I bet those with a Romney bumper sticker or yard sign will be subject to vandalism
My truck was vandalized several times until my wife took my McCain sticker off. It now has a retired army and a served in Iraq sticker with disabled vet license plate so I suspect the vandalism will continue.
Re: I bet those with a Romney bumper sticker or yard sign will be subject to vandalism
My truck was vandalized several times until my wife took my McCain sticker off. It now has a retired army and a served in Iraq sticker with disabled vet license plate so I suspect the vandalism will continue.
Sorry for the dbl post but my trigger finger is still twitchy
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