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AFA ActivismAction Alert - 12/06/00Movie Gallery Attacks AFA's Integrity
AFA sent an Action Alert on November 13 requesting that you contact Movie Gallery, the nation's third largest video store chain, and urge them to put principle over profit and get out of the pornography business. We want to thank the many of you who shared your concerns with Movie Gallery by sending them an email. Unfortunately, they chose to ignore your concerns about their porn video rentals by assaulting the integrity of AFA. Frankly, Movie Gallery's charges are not surprising. We were initially encouraged in our dialogue with them but soon discovered that the almighty dollar was what mattered most. Here is the bottom line: Movie Gallery said they would remove the hard-core porn, but wanted to continue renting Playboy and Penthouse videos...WITH OUR BLESSING. AFA has never compromised the integrity of this ministry and will not start now. Perhaps the following story about a mother whose two young daughters were exposed to pornography in a Movie Gallery store will explain why we are so troubled about this matter. Many of the Movie Gallery stores nationwide offer hard-core pornographic movies, that are kept in "back rooms." The company says it is acting responsibly by keeping the porn in the back room. But for one Alabama mother of two young girls, the back room is no safeguard. Speaking on the condition of anonymity, this mother told AFR News that her daughters, ages 10 and 11, were exposed to the porn, which was in full view, while trying to find the store's restroom. She says the incident traumatized her daughters. "We are home schoolers. We've done everything in the world to protect our children from this kind of filth," the girls' mother says. "This is a small town, and we're just...devastated to think that they saw these things and we have to address these issues with little girls. These little girls still play with dolls." The local police chief told the family that the best option would probably be a boycott. "I beg every person who can hear my voice today to not only boycott Movie Gallery, but take the time to tell another person not to shop in Movie Gallery until they get rid of all this stuff," the mother says. "It's got to stop because not only were our daughters exposed to this, but they were directed to an area that was near this back room where we don't know who was in there." A boycott will likely become a reality when AFA and other pro-family groups meet at Movie Gallery headquarters, 900 W. Main Street in Dothan, Alabama, on December 8, 12 Noon until 1 PM, for a Rally For Decency. Don Wildmon, AFA president, said the 960-store chain is a major distributor of hard-core pornography in America. “During the noon hour of Friday, December 8, Movie Gallery executives are going to find that smut will not draw customers for companies who portray themselves as family oriented.” Wildmon said. AFA scheduled the rally to kick off a twelve-state alliance of pro-family leaders calling for citizens to stop doing business with Movie Gallery. American Family Association has led successful boycotts of porn dealers for the past two decades. In 1986, Southland Corporation announced it would be pulling pornographic magazines out of 4,500 7-Eleven stores, after being hit with an AFA boycott. Wildmon said in the 1990s, boycott measures led K-Mart to exit the porn business. In 1998, AFA was instrumental in getting pornography removed from U.S. military exchange bases. “In the year 2000, Movie Gallery has become the rival of family values and common decency. We will respond by encouraging America to shop elsewhere,” said Wildmon. Wildmon also criticized Movie Gallery for defending their business practices as simply supplying the public with what they want, calling it, “drug-dealer logic.” Speakers for the rally include Sandy Meadows, president of Kids Hurt Too, an organization that works with helping children who have been sexually abused by men who use pornography, and John Giles, President of Christian Coalition of Alabama. URGENT ACTION NEEDEDWe encourage you to contact Movie Gallery President Harrison Parrish and politely advise him that you will not patronize his business until he stops this attack on the moral fabric of our society. Politely urge him, for the sake of our children, to put principle over profit and get out of the pornography business.You also might encourage him to save cyberspace by not responding with another assault on the integrity of AFA. Mr. Harrison Parrish, President Movie Gallery 900 Main St. Dothan, AL 36301 Phone: (Toll Free) 1-800-472-2494 Email: sales@moviegallery.com RESOURCESPure Life Ministries Breaking The Power of Sexual AddictionEsther Ministries Help For Wives of Sexual Addicts
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