F*cking Decency Groups

Like virtually every other professional cheerleading squad in America, the Detroit Pistons dances, "Automotion" released a 2006 swimsuit calendar (although the Philadelphia Eagles cheerleaders go the extra mile and produce a lingerie calendar). The Pistons sell the swimsuit calendar for $13, but they also gave a few thousand away at a Pistons' home game. Sounds like a good promotion right? Not if you're a member of the American Decency Association.

"To me, this is a form of prostitution," said Barbara Rotary of Pontiac, who said she saw the calendar while Christmas shopping and alerted the group. "The Pistons are profiting from using women's bodies this way." (Actually all the money goes to charity.)

The American Decency Association is essentially a Christian consumer advisory group. So here's a free tip for any consumers who might be looking for a hooker: If you're rollin' down 8 mile and you pick up a prostitute, and all she does is strip down to a bikini and sit on a rock while someone takes your money-- it wasn't solicitation, it was robbery.

I posted the January pic from the calendar to the right. As you can see, this probably wouldn't qualify as pornography in Tehran let alone the porn capital of the Western Hemisphere (another area where we've fallen behind Japan). The American Decency Association has started an email campaign against the Pistons and asked them to discontinue selling the calendar (which they of course refused to do since, you know, they're sane and all.) This isn't the first such campaign from The Association of course. They are also campaigning against a local mall because the mannequins are too sexy in Victoria's Secret. In fact, there's nothing the American Decency Association loves to do more than boycott something. Here's a sampling from their "Boycott Box":

Abercrombie & Fitch. Reason: Long term trend toward using sexual imagery that cheapens human dignity.

Victoria's Secret. Reason: aggressively foisting unwelcome sexual imagery upon the public via window displays, TV ads and catalogs.

Movie Gallery. Reason: The largest rentor of "adult" videos in America. Comes into smaller towns and drives out competition bringing in pornography.

Family Video. Reason: Masquerades as a family video outlet when it is in fact anti-family. Family Video rents X-rated movies.

Walt Disney. Reason: Allows homosexual celebrations in its theme parks, produces and airs such degraded television shows as "Desperate Housewives and "Life As We Know It"

Yum Brands. Reason: Hardcore advertiser of trashy shows like "Desperate ...". Say they are going to withdraw ads and then don't.

...What a fun world it would be if the American Decency Association had its way. The only way I could ever get some indecent sexuality would be to read the Old Testament!

By the way, the American Decency Association received approximately $300,000 in donations last year. President William Johnson used 25% of that as his own personal compensation. Although I don't know why he's taking that much money- it's obvious he never buys shit!