Date: Mon, 13 Oct 1997 16:22:33 -0700 From: Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation Subject: ONLINE GLAADALERT: GLAAD URGES FAIR-MINDED AMERICANS TO COUNTER AFA BALLOT BOX STUFFING ONLINE GLAADALERT: STOP THE BIGOTED BALLOT BOX STUFFING! GLAAD has just received the following "AFA Action Alert" by the anti-gay hate group American Family Association. Please counter this attempt to bias the poll through the manipulations of a marginal radical religious group. The question ABC News asks is: "Would you allow your child to watch a lesbian kiss on television?" Whatever your view, please go to the ABC News Web site to make your voice heard and urge other fair-minded Americans to respond to the poll! Cast your vote at: http://www.abcnews.com/sections/us/ellen109 >>Date: Mon, 13 Oct 1997 16:45:41 -0500 >>From: Buddy Smith >>Organization: American Family Association >>X-Sender: Buddy Smith >>Subject: AFA ACTION ALERT "ABC/DISNEY News Poll On Whether You Would >>Allow Your Child To Wach A Lesbian Kiss On TV" >>Mime-Version: 1.0 >> >> >>AFA ACTION ALERT 10/13/97 >> >>American Family Association <>< >>Dr. Donald E. Wildmon, President >>P. O. Drawer 2440 >>Tupelo, Mississippi 38803 >>Telephone: 601/844-5036 >>Fax: 601/844-9176 >>Email: afalert@afa.net >>World Wide Web: http://www.afa.net >> >>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >> >>ABC/DISNEY NEWS TAKING POLL ON WHETHER YOU WOULD ALLOW YOUR CHILD TO WATCH >>A LESBIAN KISS ON TV >> >>American Family Association has just been alerted by a pro-homosexual >>email list to a poll being conducted by ABC News. It is a 'yes' or 'no' vote >>on whether you would allow your child to watch a lesbian kiss on >>television. >>Cast your vote at: >>http://www.abcnews.com/sections/us/ellen109 >> >>We do not have any details on how long the poll will be conducted, so >>please visit the site and cast your vote. This afternoon at 3:45 PM the poll >>had 8,200 votes cast: >>63.5% 'yes' in favor of a lesbian kiss; 36.4% 'no' against lesbians >>kissing on >>TV. >> >>ABC/DISNEY provided an advisory before last Wednesday's ELLEN episode, >>saying "due to adult content, parental discretion is advised." That was >>in >>addition to the TV-14 icon that the show has carried this season, >>following >>the character Ellen's much-hyped coming out. ABC/Disney's decision to >>warn the >>nation before the lesbian kiss has angered Ellen to the point of >>threatening \ >>to quit. "This advisory is telling kids something's wrong with being gay," >>DeGeneres complained to the The New York Times. The point to the show is >>to >>let kids know there's nothing wrong with being gay, she said. >>"And now they're saying children shouldn't watch it," she told TV Guide. >> >>AFA also would like to call your attention to the promotion of 'National >>Coming Out Day' (an annual event encouraging people to come out of the >>closet >>and declare their homosexuality promoted by homosexual >>activists) on the ABC >>News Web Site. >> >>==================================================== >>AFA ACTION ALERT >>Buddy Smith, Editor >>Subscribe/Unsubscribe by contacting: afalert@afa.net >>mailto:afalert@afa.net ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) glaad@glaad.org TO REPORT DEFAMATION IN THE MEDIA - Call GLAAD's Alertline at 1.800.GAY.MEDIA or go to the GLAAD Web Site at www.glaad.org and report through our Alertline Online. TO JOIN GLAAD AND RECEIVE GLAAD's DISPATCH AND QUARTERLY IMAGES MAGAZINE, call 1.800.GAY.MEDIA or join on the Web today at www.glaad.org/glaad/join/join-about.html TO SUBSCRIBE TO GLAAD-Net, GLAAD's electronic mailing list, send e-mail to majordomo@vector.casti.com with the message "Subscribe GLAAD-Net" TO UNSUBSCRIBE, send e-mail to majordomo@vector.casti.com with the message "Unsubscribe GLAAD-Net" GLAAD is a national organization that promotes fair, accurate and inclusive representation as a means of challenging discrimination based on sexual orientation or identity. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "GLAAD" and "Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation" are registered trademarks of the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, Inc.