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Maryland Clinic Under Attack <!--[if !vml]--><!--[endif]-->  Dear Volunteers, Our friends in Germantown, Maryland need some support from Voice of Choice. Some of you know that Germantown, Maryland is where Dr. Lee Carhart performs late term abortions. Dr. Carhart started working in Germantown after his partner, Dr. George Tiller, was murdered in church in Kansas.  Dr. Carhart is the target of the most aggressive pro-life groups in the country. Recently, a man named John Clemens started calling Dr. Carhart's clinic. He demanded a conversation with Dr. Carhart. He refused to provide his real name or contact information. When the clinic staff refused to transfer his call he started to threaten and bully the clinic staff. He was never willing to provide his true name to the clinic staff. The clinic staff discovered his identity once he started sending dozens of threatening faxes to the clinic. When they called him at home to ask him to stop his harassment he became even more abusive and vowed to continue his efforts until the clinic is shut down. You may want to give John Clemens your opinion on bullying and intolerance. It is obvious he enjoys the unsolicited opinions of strangers, because he is very willing to give others his opinions. So feel free to tell him your feelings about how he treats people that don't agree with him. He also is very committed to his religion and frowns upon anyone who does not share his religious viewpoints. You may want to let him know that sort of attitude constitutes intolerance.   I am not sure he expects people like you to support and stand up for the clinic. Based on a conversation I had with him, he is used to making these kinds of attacks without getting a response. After all, before Voice of Choice there was no organized response to these kinds of attacks.     John Clemens lives at 528 Monet Drive Rockville, MD 20850. His phone numbers are 301-340-2933 and 301-537-7333. His email is john@energysavingchoice.com. If you want to poke him on Facebook his page is http://www.facebook.com/john.clemens.71. As always, Voice of Choice works to tamper the rhetoric and the hate.  To meet that goal, please NEVER ARGUE with those you call, and be peaceful and calm in your demeanor.  Please do not leave any voice messages-if you do not reach them please keep trying, and once you reach them please do not call again. As always, if you wish to make calls and need to get a virtual phone number to keep your identity private or make you calls for free, please respond to this email with that request.      Thank you all again for your continued support.                             Todd