From: James Yorton Subject: ACTION ALERT: Support ABC Date: Thu, 16 Jan 1997 23:30:00 -0600 (CST) [ submitted by mills@spot.Colorado.EDU ] ** SUMMARY ** As the following press release from the American Family Association shows, the religious right is wasting no time in putting pressure on ABC for both Ellen and other shows depicting gay characters. Make sure your input is heard at ABC by writing ABC Entertainment President Jamie Tarses and by also contacting Disney too. ... excerpt from Religious Right alert ... [ TUPELO, MS - The American Family Association (AFA) condemned ABC television for the first face-to-face lesbian kiss in network television history, as the entertainment industry continued its full-speed-ahead promotion of the homosexual agenda. ... AFA Vice President Tim Wildmon said, "The television industry continues to push the homosexual agenda with increasing fervency, with regular homosexual characters, same-sex marriages, and now passionate lesbian kissing scenes. And they won't stop their assault on morality until American society cries 'Uncle!' and fully accepts the homosexual lifestyle as legitimate." ] ** ACTION TO TAKE ** * Contact ABC and Disney via email, fax, telephone, or letter, and tell them you SUPPORT their accurate portrayal of lesbians and gay men and their lives. Jamie Tarses e-mail: abcaudr@ccabc.com ABC Television Network, 2040 Avenue of the Stars Los Angeles, CA 90067 fax: 310.557.7679 WALT DISNEY COMPANY CHAIRMAN MICHAEL EISNER 500 SOUTH BUENA VISTA STREET BURBANK, CA 91521 TELEPHONE 818/560-1000 FAX 818/560-1930 EMAIL http://www.disney.com/Mail --- _____________________________________________________________________________ * ACTION-ALERT is a moderated mailing list. * * To subscribe to ACTION-ALERT, send mail to: majordomo@vector.casti.com * * In the mail message, enter ONLY the words: subscribe action-alert * * To unsubscribe to ACTION-ALERT, send mail to: majordomo@vector.casti.com * * In the mail message, enter ONLY the words: unsubscribe action-alert * * Words in the Subject: line are NOT processed! * _____________________________________________________________________________