Posted on 04/12/2007 12:38:07 PM PDT by Jo Nuvark
Please take the AFA - American Family Association Presidential preference straw poll.
WHO IS AFA?
AFA is for people who are tired of cursing the darkness and who are ready to light a bonfire. We are a non-profit (501(c)(3)) organization founded in 1977 by Don Wildmon. The American Family Association represents and stands for traditional family values, focusing primarily on the influence of television and other media – including pornography – on our society.
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AFA believes that the entertainment industry, through its various products, has played a major role in the decline of those values on which our country was founded and which keep a society and its families strong and healthy. For example, over the last 25 years we have seen the entertainment industry "normalize" and glorify premarital sex. During that time we have suffered a dramatic increase in teen pregnancies, sexually transmitted diseases such as AIDS and abortion as a means of birth control.
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.
AFA supporters receive a monthly letter about a specific issue with a recommended action such as sending a postcard or making a phone call. In addition, supporters receive the AFA Journal with news on various moral and family issues.
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WHO IS DON WILDMON?
Donald E. Wildmon is an ordained United Methodist minister, having earned his MDiv. from Emory College in 1965. After serving in the U.S. Army's Special Services he pastored churches from 1965 until he founded National Federation for Decency in 1977. NFD became American Family Association in 1988.
Don and his wife Lynda have four children and five grandchildren. He knows first-hand the battle parents face today teaching their families traditional moral values. Don tells in his own words how AFA was founded:
"One evening in 1977 I sat down with my family to watch TV. On one channel was adultery, on another cursing, on another a man beating another over the head with a hammer. I asked the children to turn off the TV. I sat there, got angry, and said, 'They're going to bring this into my home, and I'm going to do all I can to change it. "I brooded for a while and then came up with a plan for our church to turn off the TV for a week. I sent out a press release and the national media picked up on it. "Through that 'Turn Off The TV Week' I learned there were literally millions of other people around the country who felt the same way I did. That was the beginning of the American Family Association."
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HAS AFA MADE AN IMPACT
The impact of AFA is recognized nationwide. Don Wildmon and other AFA personnel have appeared on programs such as Good Morning America, The Today Show, MacNeill Lehrer Report, Nightline, The 700 Club, Meet the Press, Crossfire, and Focus on the Family. AFA is a long-time member of the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability.
Disney/ABC cancels the pro-homosexual show Ellen, for "lack of ratings." AFA led the campaign to encourage responsible advertisers to drop from the show.
AFA and other pro-family groups sponsored a rally in support of Judge Roy Moore of Alabama who refused to remove the Ten Commandments from his courtroom.
AFA leads the effort to clean up Howard Stern Radio Show. To date, over 2/3rds off all advertisers dropped from the show in monitored areas.
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AFA PROMOTES PORNOGRAPHY AWARENESS WEEK
AFA distributes 400,000 copies of the the "Fight Back Book," a comprehensive resource guide of TV advertisers, products and addresses.
AFA supports and promotes Shatter the Silence, a national observance to bring attention to religious persecution throughout the world.
AFA leads efforts to expose abuses of tax dollars by National Endowment for the Arts.
The 43 Federal Prisons removed porn magazines from their commissaries after efforts by AFA supporters.
The Southland Corporation, owners and franchisers of the 7-Eleven convenience store chain, along with 30,000 other convenience stores pulled porn magazines from shelves after intensive boycotting and picketing by AFA.
In 1994, AFA launched a "war on divorce," by helping develop and distribute the Marriage Savers video series.
AFA has promoted successful boycotts of several national advertisers because they were leading sponsors of TV sex, violence and profanity. Because of the boycotts, some companies - including Burger King, Clorox and S. C. Johnson - have changed their advertising policies.
I voted for Duncan Hunter ping!
Edwards ahead for the Rats.
I was reading a article from several weeks ago where the author predicted it would be Thompson v Edwards in 08.
Fred Thompson is leading with over 18,000 votes.
I’m still not sure about him. He talks an awful lot about bi partisianship. (Giving in to the demands of the Dem party is suicide)
This voter has a POTUS, George W. Bush not ready to get too worked up yet.
Do you think those numbers are accurate?
I really, really, really wanted to vote for
Gingrich only because he’s proven his ability
to play hardball with the liberals. He is also
a great communicator.
Comparing our contenders to the democrat’s,
we have a terrific field of eligibles.
Fred gets another vote....from me.
I voted for Fred.
Of course.
Thompson gives Hunter a better chance ( believe it or not) because he will knock the three RINOs out, leaving the race to conservatives.
Hunter would be an excellent VP pick at that point if he didn’t gain traction.
I have two beagles!
(thread jacking alert)
I voted for Duncan Hunter. I do like his platform a lot, and he seems like he would be a great president. I hope he gains recognition in the near future.
The support for Fred Thompson, who hasn’t even declared, shows you the demand for a candidate who has recognition and isn’t amongst the oft-mentioned three contenders.
There is little known about Thompson, but I did hear him ridicule the theory of man-made global warming, so that gave him big bonus points (unlike Gingrich who sold out).
Tom Tancredo for me. Don’t know if he’ll get very far, but here’s to hoping...
Looks like we have to add Lynn Swann to the list of Republican contenders.
Swann vs Obama???
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1816325/posts
I got this in the e-mail this AM.
I pulled a screen capture with Chris Dodd at 6 votes and Biden at 21. ;0)
Someone ought to e-mail their friends,...or maybe they already have??
You asked — “Do you think those numbers are accurate?”
They’re accurate for a self-selected and limited poll that it is, in cyberspace. As to whether it means anything in “real life” that’s another story...
Regards,
Star Traveler
LOL! Chuck Hagel has the fewest votes so far (47 out of about 30,000 so far) except for Chris Dodd. If Dodd gets the Democrat nod, I’m for Hagel! Not!
It certainly seems that conservatives can’t wait for Fred to throw his hat in the ring.
You said — “I really, really, really wanted to vote for Gingrich only because he’s proven his ability to play hardball with the liberals. He is also a great communicator.”
Yes, he is. I think he can do a good job. We’ll see how it all shakes out in another year.
Regards,
Star Traveler
There's a lot known about Thompson. Google or search FR threads.
Aside from my ping list, I emailed it to 400
of my Republican Women friends in California.
The added value to me is finding out about the AFA.
Looks like a great organization.
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