Interview spurs host’s confession
Although a lively discussion took place on the air, the most significant moments of the conversation apparently occurred off the air yesterday as KNZR talk show host Jaz McKay interviewed David Bereit, National Campaign Director of 40 Days for Life. After David left the studio, McKay’s usual gruff demeanor became suddenly somber, as McKay began talking about a “heart to heart” conversation he had off the air with Bereit, pouring out his heart to confess his own agony over past abortion experiences.
During the on the air interview, Bereit talked to McKay about why the abortion issue won’t go away after all these years (click here to listen to a brief excerpt).
McKay closed the segment after Bereit left the studio by revealing his own painful experiences, pleading with his listeners to support 40 Days for Life (click here to listen to McKay’s personal confession and plea).
“It’s time to put an end to this madness,” McKay concluded.
For those who cannot listen online, here is a partial transcript:
You know I had a heart-to-heart talk off the air with David about where I came from and how that journey has taken me around many corners and brought me to where I am today and who I am today. Stupid decisions that I made in the past…
…I have paid for two abortions. And it’s one of the things that I regret most in my life. I was young and I was dumb and I didn’t want the responsibility.
I told the women that I was with that the decision was up to them and that I would support them in whatever they chose. And that was a cop out. I knew what they were going to say. I knew the choices they were going to make. So I got the money together and I drove them and I dropped them off and I came back an hour later and picked them up and didn’t think anything of it. It was just another day in my life. And a day does not go by now that I don’t pray to God to forgive me for what I did.
It doesn’t just affect women it affects the men too as David said. And I pray that the Lord forgives me for those horrible sins that I committed in the name of convenience and irresponsibility.
Funny the statistics today on the issue of abortion show that the women between the ages of 18 and 34 are actually more likely to be opposed to abortion than the men in that same age group. What does that tell you?
Free to have indiscriminate sex with women and bear no consequences. And it’s disgusting.
It’s time to put an end to this madness.
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