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Originally Posted by j8ear
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never mind.
If your amused by prejudice and think these groups are mainstream...more power to ya mate.
peace,
-bear
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First and foremost, I never accused all conservative groups of harbouring such an attitude. The word prejudice was something you introduced and then accused me (by implication) of such a foible.
Secondly, everyone (or almost everyone) agrees that it is the conservative groups (or fringe groups if you prefer) that are the ones that promote prejudice.
Thirdly, you state the story got little or no press in the US. Here's a link to the story in today's NY Times. Call me an old fashioned foreign busy-body if you will, but as far as I know the NYT is considered a major news source.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/20/po.../20sponge.html
Here it is in the Kansas City Star:
http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansas...n/10686522.htm
Here it is in the Seattle Post Inquirer:
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/nation...ongebob20.html
I could go on.
Fourthly, you state that these groups (actually you mentioned it as only
one group, but no matter) were the "whacko fringe".
Let me quote from their web-sites:
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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.
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.
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Focus on the Family, a nonprofit organization ... produces [the founder's] internationally syndicated radio programs heard daily on more than 8,300 radio facilities in 25 languages in more than 164 other countries.
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Peace to you too my friend.
Mr Mephisto