Multimedia, Inc., owner of the Donahue Show, has threatened to sue the American Family Association and its president, Don Wildmon, unless AFA stops promoting a boycott of the sponsors of the program. David Freeman, an attorney in Greenville, South Carolina, threatened AFA and Wildmon in a letter dated January 22, 1993.
AFA has been encouraging individuals to write, call and boycott the sponsors of the Donahue Show because of the filthy content of the program. Scores of advertisers have withdrawn their sponsorship. AFA had joined Ft. Worth dentist Richard Neill in promoting a boycott of the sponsors of the program. (We talked about the reasons for Dr. Neill's boycott in our last issue the incredibly raunchy program content on Donahue, to which millions of school children are exposed.)
In the letter to Donald Wildmon, Freeman wrote: "It is their [Multimedia's] expectation that you will take a responsible position and cease any further support of the activities of Dr. Neill."
"I have news for Mr. Freeman and Multimedia," Wildmon said. "I don't plan on giving up my right to free speech and my right to spend my money where I desire simply because Mr. Donahue doesn't like what I say or don't buy. Furthermore, I encourage every AFA supporter to boycott the sponsors of Donahue and to let the companies know of the boycott."
Wildmon said that by threatening AFA with a lawsuit, Multimedia is showing the boycott is hurting Donahue. He encourages individuals to write and call Donahue sponsors, including Proctor & Gamble.
Note: Campbell's Soup has withdrawn their sponsorship of the Donahue Show because of cards and letters from AFA supporters. Write to say thanks: Gary Moss, VP Marketing Services, Campbell's Soup Company, World Headquarters, Camden, NJ 08103.
Pro-abortionists attack pro-life minister
Rev. Pete Hurst in Hampton, Virginia, has been the object of pro-abortion advocates because of his pro-life stand. Recently, he found an ice pick sticking out of a tier on his Toyota Corolla. Another tire on that car was pierced, as well as two tires on the Volkswagen van parked in front of it
Nearby, on the grass, was a small piece of paper with computer-produced letters reading, "Keep Abortion Legal."
Hurst is pastor of the Calvary Reformed Presbyterian Church in Hampton. Lynn James, spokeswoman for the Newport News police, says those are only a few of the episodes reported. The incidents always seem prompted by a pro-life bumper sticker and always involve an ice pick and literature similar to the note left in Hurst's driveway, she said.
Christian Beliefs Makes Candidate Unacceptable
Columnists Rowland Evans and Robert Novak recently wrote an article saying why former Missouri Governor John Ashcroft should not be elected chairman of the Republican party. "Ashcroft fails the test on many counts of what the national committee wants to lead the party. They do not know him, his record of party-building in Missouri was mediocre, and he is a pro-life member of the fundamentalist Assembly of God church." Commercial Appeal, 1/7/93
Journal of the American Family Association, March 1993
