What is the AFA All About?

Submitted by Contributor #3

What is the AFA all about? The “AFA agenda” is extraordinary – meaning somewhere beyond ordinary. They are morality vigilantes and have targeted a most amazing array of corporations, groups, children’s toys and movies. These include:

7-Eleven, Abercrombie & Fitch, American Airlines, American Girl, Blockbuster Video, Burger King, Calvin Klein, Carl's Jr., Clorox, Crest, Ford, Kmart, Kraft Foods, S. C. Johnson & Son, McDonalds, Movie Gallery, Microsoft, MTV, Mary Kay, NutriSystem, Old Navy, IKEA, Sears, Pampers, Procter & Gamble, Target, Tide, and Walt Disney Company.

They have opposed the Girl Scouts, attempted to legislate the use of the Bible in swearing in ceremonies, opposed a Hindu leading a prayer in Congress, have repeatedly made anti-semetic statements and on and on.

The AFA is a Religious extremist group. Like other Religious extremists, the KKK, Skin Heads, and the Taliban, they believe they have a god given right to impose their brand of moral code throughout society. They have attempted to censor our libraries, our movies, television and our businesses. They have petitioned to eliminate the National Endowment for the Arts.

This is a short summary of the workings of the National AFA. While they are most loudly noted for their anti-gay stance, do not mistake these people for anything other than religious extremists. If they could eliminate all gays, they would continue to spread their form of moral code. They do not believe in free thinking. There is only their way of thinking. Anyone who believes otherwise is not worthy of freedom in their wake. No Jews, no Hindus, no Muslims, no unmarried couples, no government free of their religious influence, no uncensored culture of any form, It would be a dark age for education and art.

How do they operate this menace? It’s a well organized grass roots effort and in Venango County – now across PA – it’s been headed by Diane Gramley. Sadly, they have sold a bill of goods to generally decent Christian churches convincing them that there are threats around every corner. The biggest farce is the “Marriage Protection Act”. What married couple or future married couple will be protected by this legislation? It is about preventing marriage and preventing rights for people the AFA has deemed unworthy of equal rights under the law – specifically same sex couples and heterosexual couples living out of “wedlock”.

How do they operate this menance? In Venango County they make politicians and churches seem un-Christian if they refuse to support the AFA agenda. They publicize openly gay business owners and accuse them of having a “gay agenda” (whatever that is?) They email and call people whom they believe to be supporters to encourage non-support of business and activities in the community that they don’t want to thrive. They place banners on their website promoting a hateful DVD targeted to twart the Arts Revitalization efforts in the community. They prepare youth to protest against diversity efforts in the school. Most of all, they work to create an atmosphere of fear and mistrust throughout the community and within the churches.

Any Christian faced with the AFA should ask, “Is this what Jesus would do?”