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11/18/2003 Archived Entry: "THE PORN FIGHTERS ARE COMING!"
THE PORN FIGHTERS ARE COMING!
Randy Sharp, an official of the Tupelo, Mississippi-based "American Family Association", a right-wing watch group, (formerly known as the National Federation for Decency) is going to be speaking in Wilson on Dec. 3rd at the Catholic Parish Center at 8:00 P.M. A similar meeting will be held at 7:00 the next evening in Abilene at Sterl Hall. Mr. Sharp will "offer legal support" to those concerned about the adult stores.
A certain handful of citizens from Wilson and Abilene have gone on record opposing adult video and novelty shops since they have opened on I-70 exits near these two towns. The ruckus seems to cause more irritation among the natives than the shops.
This is the Mission Statement of the "American Family Association", a conservative, religious-right organization, as presented by Charity Navigator.
"Founded in 1977, the American Family Association (AFA) exists to motivate and equip citizens to change the culture to reflect Biblical truth. AFA stands for traditional family values, focusing primarily on the influence of television and other media - including pornography - on our society. We believe in holding accountable the companies which sponsor programs attacking traditional family values. We also believe in commending those companies which act responsibly regarding programs they support."
Further evaluation of this group can be found at: this website There are over 1,500 entries about this organization on the net and can be found by googling for "American Family Association".
These are some of the American Family Association ministries and/or websites. (The following is taken from their website)
* American Family Association
* American Family Radio
* AFR News
* AFA Journal
* AgapePress.org
* OneMillionMoms.com
* OneMillionDads.com
* OneMillionYouth.com
* NoGayMarriage.com
* StopLiberalJudges.com
AFA’s principal issues:
American Family Association targets the media and entertainment industry’s “attack” on “traditional family values.”
Two of the main duties that AFA assigns to itself are “promoting the centrality of God in American life” and “promoting the Christian ethic of decency.”
“Indecent” influences in American culture include: television, the separation of church and state, pornography, “the homosexual agenda,” premarital sex, legal abortion, the National Endowment for the Arts, gambling, unfiltered internet access in libraries, and the removal of school-sponsored religious worship from public schools.
# Among its hundreds of boycott targets over the years are "Cheers," "The Johnny Carson Show," "Saturday Night Live," "Roseanne," "Nightline," "NYPD Blue," and “Ellen.” AFA has called for widespread boycotts of all businesses that “promote” pornography, homosexuality, or other forms of “indecency.”
# A major target has been Disney and its subsidiaries. According to the group “Disney’s attack on America’s families has become so blatent, [sic] so intentional, so obvious, that American Family Association has called for a boycott of all Disney products until such time as this activity ceases.”
# Other boycott targets include American Airlines for their policy of providing domestic partner benefits and K-mart for selling music that has a “parental advisory warning” sticker, even to adults.
# Donald Wildmon has called for the shutdown of PBS and as a result of the AFA's campaign, many state legislatures reduced funding for public broadcasting. The AFA spearheaded the attack on the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) in the 1980’s, using direct mail and extensive print advertising to distort the NEA's record of sponsorship of the arts.
Well, this describes the nature of this group pretty clearly.