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.
I voted for Fred.
Of course.
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??
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.
Fred Thompson at over 18,000 is IMO the most electable.
The second tier of electable candidates IMO would be a close tie among Giuliani, McCain, and Gingrich. Gringrich has the most of the three and at this stage would be my second choice in the primaries.
IMO the rest of the Republican field would be unelectable in the general election. (I know, I know, but I’m just giving my judgment. You are free to disagree.)
The only surprise to me is that Mike Huckabee with about 2,500 votes is close to the votes of those I would call second tier. I would have though his numbers would have been a smaller percentage.
I voted.
Standing right now for top vote getters:
Thompson 18990
Gingrich 7558
Guiliani 4735
McCain 3938
Huckabee 2462
Voted for Fred!
I would vote for Duncan Hunter, but will not leave my namd and email address with an “unknown site”.
just a pathetic excuse to mine e-mail and personal contact info -
don’t register
Thompson ping.
Follow the link below to vote in the National Presidential Preference Straw Poll.
Go to http://www.afa.net/petitions/strawpoll/
Should we ping the rudybots so they can FReep the poll for Rudy?