Date: Sun, 7 Apr 1996 10:23:32 -0400 From: Richard A. Kinz Subject: What the fundanazis are saying... WHAT THE FUNDANAZIS ARE SAYING: In the interests of informing our GLBT community as to what some of the fundie people are saying about us, the lies and distortions they put out to their blind flocks, the following is submitted. The AFA is no small outfit. AFA claims 1.7 to 1.8 million members. However, a Newsweek article reported 400,000 members for 1995: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ACTION! PAGE April, 1996, from Donald E. Wildmon, American Family Assn. President PRIME-TIME TV PUSHES HOMOSEXUAL AGENDA HAWAII ON VERGE OF LEGALIZING HOMOSEXUAL "MARRIAGES" You STAY INVOLVED with your American Family Association because you know network TV influences behavior. So does corporate America. That's why it spends billions on advertising! And as I showed you last month, your ACTIONS are getting RESULTS! Thanks to your active involvement, YOU helped win a major victory: TV violence DECLINED by 31% from the Spring of 1995 to the Fall of 1995. This victory was the direct result of your perseverance in the fight to make network TV safe for or children! From the bottom of my heart, I congratulate you on your victory! Your dedication and refusal to quit are an inspiration to everyone struggling to make America a safe, moral, decent place in which to raise families. But we cannot rest on our laurels. There is another battle we must fight RIGHT NOW: Network TV is out to make homosexuality and ACCEPTABLE lifestyle! Make no mistake. ...the homosexual movement is using network TV to legitimize their immoral and unhealthy lifestyle! A January, 25, 1996, Washington Times front page story ran under this headline: "Homosexuality is 'in' on prime-time television" Today I urge you to take STRONG and IMMEDIATE ACTION to fight this. I've enclosed postcards to some of the leading sponsors of homosexuality on network TV. SIGN and MAIL your postcards TODAY! Or better still, WRITE your own personal letter! Tell these corporate executives you cannot support them as long as they support the radical homosexual agenda. Tell them God's laws mean far more to you than their products! Finally, ask them why they want to associate their products with homosexuality. As our earlier victories prove, we can win this battle IF WE TAKE ACTION NOW! The Washington Times article accurately reported the fact that Hollywood is actively promoting homosexuality in America. Homosexual kissing, homosexual "marriages" and homosexual dating are all put forward as normal and healthy. Even some TV executives are shocked at the level of pro-homosexual programming. Said Bob Greenblatt of Fox television: "It is amazing to see two gay weddings within a month on two big sitcoms. It seems like they're trying to push some buttons. Even in the gay community, a full-on same-sex marriage is a minority kind of thing." And when you consider the fact that a show's ratings GO DOWN when homosexuality is plugged into the programs, then you realize that the push is NOT to increase ratings. ...but strictly to affect ATTITUDES and BEHAVIOR! To date, Hollywood's drive to make homosexuality appear normal and healthy is having an impact. Hawaii is on the verge of making same-sex "marriages" legal: The state Commission on Sexual Orientation voted in favor of such a change. Both the governor and lieutenant governor support same-sex "marriages." The Hawaii Supreme Court (by a 3-1 vote) ruled in 1993 that the state's exclusion of same-sex couples from marital status my be unconstitutional. TAKE HEED: According to our U.S. Constitution, every state must honor the "marriage" laws of every other state. So, theoretically, if the law passes, a homosexual couple can get "married" in Hawaii, then return to their home state and be legally "married." And once homosexual "marriages" are legalized, then every element of society will be affected - churches, schools, government... everything. In schools, your children will be forced to learn about the normalcy of homosexuality. In churches, homosexual couples may not be fired. In government, homosexual "rights" will be put into law. This is why I am writing you today and urging you in the strongest way possible to OPPOSE the promotion of homosexuality by network TV! Now in saying all this I want to make one thing perfectly clear: I am neither attacking nor judging homosexuals as persons! In one sense, these people are no different from you and me; namely: WE ARE ALL SINNERS! What I am recommending you do today is take action AGAINST the radical homosexual leadership which FALSELY promotes homosexual activity as being moral, normal and healthy. That is a lie! For the sake of our children and society, we must OPPOSE the spread of homosexual activity! Just as we must oppose murder, stealing and adultery! Since homosexuals cannot reproduce, the only way for them to "breed" is to RECRUIT! And who are their targets for recruitment? CHILDREN! That's why they push homosexuality on network TV! That's why they push homosexuality in our schools! That's why they force the government to "protect" them! THEY WANT TO FORCE THEIR PERVERSE LIFESTYLE ON OUR CHILDREN! It is our duty before God to resist them! Especially when they use network TV and the public airwaves to promote their sinful lifestyle. Again I urge you to take ACTION today. Fight back. WRITE and CALL the sponsors of homosexual TV programs. Tell them you cannot support them as long as they support the radical homosexual agenda. From a purely marketing point of view, this is foolhardy. At most only 1% of the U.S. population is homosexual. By pandering to this tiny percentage, these companies risk losing the business of 99% of consumers. That's a foolish way to run a business. [The remainder of the letter is Wildmon's pitch for FINANCIAL SUPPORT, PRAYERS, INVOLVEMENT and more FINANCIAL SUPPORT!] [He ends the letter]: For my part, I will continue to stay in the trenches and on the front lines for your and your family. Thank you for your trust and friendship. God bless you. Donald E. Wildmon ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Following is the text of one of the three postcards he is asking his blind flock to send: Chairman John E. Pepper Procter & Gamble Company P.O. Box 599 Cincinnati, OH 45201 Dear Mr. Pepper: I have learned from the American Family Association that Procter & Gamble helps network TV promote homosexuality. Why? From a moral point of view, homosexual activity is against God's law. From a health perspective, homosexual activity leads to AIDS and early death. From a financial point of view, homosexual activity is engaged in by less than 1% of the population. So why would Procter & Gamble associate its good name with the spread of homosexuality? Your decision baffles me. I am writing to tell you that I cannot buy Procter & Gamble products as long as Procter & Gamble helps promote the radical homosexual agenda. God's laws mean far more to me than do your products! I urge you to reconsider your advertising policies. Sincerely, Similar postcards are addressed to: Chairman Michael Eisner Walt Disney Company 500 S. Buena Vista Street Burbank, CA 91521 Chairman Gerald Levin Time Warner Inc. 75 Rockefeller Plaza New York, NY 10019 I urge you all to write your rebuttal and congratulations to each of these men, telling them it's great that they put humanity and human principles before the almighty dollar. My generic letter follows. Feel free to use any or all of it if you wish. Dear___________ I have learned from the American Family Association that your company "helps network TV promote homosexuality" WONDERFUL! Congratulations for putting humanity and human principles ahead of what the AFA considers to be the sanctity of "God's law" and, since AFA is urging its members to boycott your products, above the importance of the almighty dollar. AFA says that only 1% of the population is homosexual and therefore your company is risking losing the other 99% of consumers. WOW! Isn't that amazing! Thank you! I'm jesting, of course, but that's the kind of lies and distortions that AFA uses to scare its members into writing great companies like yours, AND to get them to give money until it hurts to protect "our" children and society. Thank you for your support of TV programming which portrays homosexuals as the fine, loving, productive people we are. Keep up your great work!