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Anti-Porn Pastor Elected Mayor in Texas |
Theocracy comes to town .
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4169456,00.html
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Anti-Porn Pastor Elected Mayor in Texas
Saturday June 5, 2004 1:01 AM
By ANGELA K. BROWN
Associated Press Writer
KENNEDALE, Texas (AP) - Patrons of the XXX Super Store and the Fantasy
Foxx strip club have been getting a souvenir in the mail recently: an
I-know-where-you've-been postcard emblazoned with a photo of the
customer's car parked outside one of the adult businesses.
The card reads: ``Observed you in the neighborhood. Didn't know if you
were aware there is a church in the area.''
Oakcrest Family Church pastor Jim Norwood and his followers have been
snapping the pictures and mailing out the cards over the past six months
or so - a campaign that helped Norwood get elected mayor of this Fort
Worth suburb last month with 66 percent of the vote.
``Anybody that knows me will say that my heart is to try to help these
people,'' said Norwood, 56. ``But if all of these places close up,
that's not a problem with me.''
Norwood said he was fed up with finding porno magazines, condoms and
drug needles in the church parking lot, situated around the corner from
some of Kennedale's sex clubs and stores.
Many residents say more than half a dozen adult businesses in a town of
6,100 people is too many. But some don't agree with Norwood's approach.
``That's borderline invasion of privacy,'' said machinist William Pratt,
who did not vote for Norwood. ``It's their right to go there.''
One man who declined to give his name before going into Showtime Cabaret
said he had never received a postcard but would angrily throw it away if
one came in the mail. He said he goes to the topless bar a few times a
month and has no plans to stop.
Those who own the adult businesses and their attorneys declined to
comment on what effect Norwood's crusade was having on their bottom line.
Kennedale resident Billy Simpson, who sells antique cars, said he doubts
porn patrons will stop going to the strip clubs and video stores or that
the businesses will close.
``Nobody in town wants them there, but they're not leaving because they
still have customers,'' Simpson said. ``There's usually a fair amount of
cars in the parking lot.''
The picture-taking idea stemmed from Norwood's work as a chaplain in
jails, where sex offenders told him their problems may not have
escalated if their wives or girlfriends had found out about their
addiction to porn, he said.
Norwood said porn and drugs were part of his ``wild days'' in the 1960s
and '70s but that his lifestyle hurt his relationship with his children,
so he became a Christian.
He and a few church members, digital camera in hand, take turns staking
out the businesses about once a week. Then they go online to find the
owner's name and address from license plate records, which are public in
Texas.
They have mailed more than 300 postcards - most to Dallas and other
nearby towns - that include an invitation to attend church services or
counseling classes for sex, drug and alcohol addictions. About a dozen
porn patrons have called the church seeking help, according to Norwood.
``They have realized the devastation that it's had on their life and
their relationships, and they're looking to get counseling as a way to
heal or way to get out of what they're trapped in,'' Norwood said.
Mark Wright, who served as mayor for six years, does not dispute he lost
the election, in part, to Norwood's crusade. But he said the city was
already trying to run the clubs out of town, using zoning ordinances.
``It's not a few shots of license plates that's going to shut them
down,'' Wright said.
For years the adult businesses operated off Interstate 20 in an
unincorporated part of the county. The area was annexed by Kennedale in
1999, and the shops became subject to a city ordinance that bans
sexually oriented businesses within 800 feet of houses, parks, schools
and churches.
One strip club and a bookstore have agreed to leave town by August,
according to the town.
Theresa Petersen, who manages a mobile home park, believed so much in
what Norwood was doing that she helped him campaign for mayor, knocking
on doors and handing out fliers.
Petersen said she and her husband frequented the sexually oriented
businesses years ago when they used drugs. But the couple have been
clean for three years and now attend Norwood's church.
``The other city officials don't seem to care, and they think this side
of Kennedale doesn't matter,'' Petersen said. ``I believe Jim is going
to make a difference in our town.''
(SUBS penultimate graf to correct spelling to 'Petersen' sted 'Peterson')
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John Hachmann aa #1782
"Men become civilized not in their willingness to believe, but in
proportion to their readiness to doubt." - H. L. Mencken
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| User: "Clayton of Sunnybrook Farm" |
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| Title: Re: Anti-Porn Pastor Elected Mayor in Texas |
06 Jun 2004 09:19:35 PM |
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"johac" <jhachm@ixpresremove.com> wrote in message
news:jhachm-7616A7.00465406062004@news-60.giganews.com...
Theocracy comes to town .
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4169456,00.html
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Anti-Porn Pastor Elected Mayor in Texas
Saturday June 5, 2004 1:01 AM
By ANGELA K. BROWN
Associated Press Writer
KENNEDALE, Texas (AP) - Patrons of the XXX Super Store and the Fantasy
Foxx strip club have been getting a souvenir in the mail recently: an
I-know-where-you've-been postcard emblazoned with a photo of the
customer's car parked outside one of the adult businesses.
The card reads: ``Observed you in the neighborhood. Didn't know if you
were aware there is a church in the area.''
Oakcrest Family Church pastor Jim Norwood and his followers have been
snapping the pictures and mailing out the cards over the past six months
or so - a campaign that helped Norwood get elected mayor of this Fort
Worth suburb last month with 66 percent of the vote.
How did they find out people's addresses just from pictures of their cars?
If they are using police resources to find out their address from licence
plate numbers they are breaking any number of laws!
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| User: "Dr Dave W" |
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| Title: Re: Anti-Porn Pastor Elected Mayor in Texas |
06 Jun 2004 09:25:57 PM |
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"Clayton of Sunnybrook Farm" <cjfat@BLOCKINGOFTHESPAMphonyemail.com>
wrote in news:40c3d062$0$31679$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au:
"johac" <jhachm@ixpresremove.com> wrote in message
news:jhachm-7616A7.00465406062004@news-60.giganews.com...
Theocracy comes to town .
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4169456,00.html
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Anti-Porn Pastor Elected Mayor in Texas
Saturday June 5, 2004 1:01 AM
By ANGELA K. BROWN
Associated Press Writer
KENNEDALE, Texas (AP) - Patrons of the XXX Super Store and the
Fantasy Foxx strip club have been getting a souvenir in the mail
recently: an I-know-where-you've-been postcard emblazoned with a
photo of the customer's car parked outside one of the adult
businesses.
The card reads: ``Observed you in the neighborhood. Didn't know if
you were aware there is a church in the area.''
Oakcrest Family Church pastor Jim Norwood and his followers have been
snapping the pictures and mailing out the cards over the past six
months or so - a campaign that helped Norwood get elected mayor of
this Fort Worth suburb last month with 66 percent of the vote.
How did they find out people's addresses just from pictures of their
cars? If they are using police resources to find out their address
from licence plate numbers they are breaking any number of laws!
<ahem>
RTFA!
<quote>
Then they go online to find the
owner's name and address from license plate records, which are public in
Texas.
</quote>
That hurt me more than it hurt you....;-)
--
Dave W a.a.#1967
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| User: "johac" |
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| Title: Re: Anti-Porn Pastor Elected Mayor in Texas |
06 Jun 2004 11:27:47 PM |
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In article <40c3d062$0$31679$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au>,
"Clayton of Sunnybrook Farm" <cjfat@BLOCKINGOFTHESPAMphonyemail.com>
wrote:
"johac" <jhachm@ixpresremove.com> wrote in message
news:jhachm-7616A7.00465406062004@news-60.giganews.com...
Theocracy comes to town .
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4169456,00.html
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Anti-Porn Pastor Elected Mayor in Texas
Saturday June 5, 2004 1:01 AM
By ANGELA K. BROWN
Associated Press Writer
KENNEDALE, Texas (AP) - Patrons of the XXX Super Store and the Fantasy
Foxx strip club have been getting a souvenir in the mail recently: an
I-know-where-you've-been postcard emblazoned with a photo of the
customer's car parked outside one of the adult businesses.
The card reads: ``Observed you in the neighborhood. Didn't know if you
were aware there is a church in the area.''
Oakcrest Family Church pastor Jim Norwood and his followers have been
snapping the pictures and mailing out the cards over the past six months
or so - a campaign that helped Norwood get elected mayor of this Fort
Worth suburb last month with 66 percent of the vote.
How did they find out people's addresses just from pictures of their cars?
If they are using police resources to find out their address from licence
plate numbers they are breaking any number of laws!
I don't know about all states, but in Texas license plate numbers are in
the public record and can be accessed by any one. Scary if you ask me.
--
John Hachmann aa #1782
"Men become civilized not in their willingness to believe, but in
proportion to their readiness to doubt." - H. L. Mencken
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| User: "Clayton of Sunnybrook Farm" |
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| Title: Re: Anti-Porn Pastor Elected Mayor in Texas |
07 Jun 2004 01:55:11 AM |
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"johac" <jhachm@ixpresremove.com> wrote in message
news:jhachm-9A0EDF.21274706062004@news-60.giganews.com...
In article <40c3d062$0$31679$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au>,
"Clayton of Sunnybrook Farm" <cjfat@BLOCKINGOFTHESPAMphonyemail.com>
wrote:
"johac" <jhachm@ixpresremove.com> wrote in message
news:jhachm-7616A7.00465406062004@news-60.giganews.com...
Theocracy comes to town .
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4169456,00.html
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Anti-Porn Pastor Elected Mayor in Texas
Saturday June 5, 2004 1:01 AM
By ANGELA K. BROWN
Associated Press Writer
KENNEDALE, Texas (AP) - Patrons of the XXX Super Store and the Fantasy
Foxx strip club have been getting a souvenir in the mail recently: an
I-know-where-you've-been postcard emblazoned with a photo of the
customer's car parked outside one of the adult businesses.
The card reads: ``Observed you in the neighborhood. Didn't know if you
were aware there is a church in the area.''
Oakcrest Family Church pastor Jim Norwood and his followers have been
snapping the pictures and mailing out the cards over the past six
months
or so - a campaign that helped Norwood get elected mayor of this Fort
Worth suburb last month with 66 percent of the vote.
How did they find out people's addresses just from pictures of their
cars?
If they are using police resources to find out their address from
licence
plate numbers they are breaking any number of laws!
I don't know about all states, but in Texas license plate numbers are in
the public record and can be accessed by any one. Scary if you ask me.
Holy crap. How can any one stand to live in a place like that?
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| User: "johac" |
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| Title: Re: Anti-Porn Pastor Elected Mayor in Texas |
08 Jun 2004 12:09:50 AM |
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In article <40c410e7$0$31678$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au>,
"Clayton of Sunnybrook Farm" <cjfat@BLOCKINGOFTHESPAMphonyemail.com>
wrote:
"johac" <jhachm@ixpresremove.com> wrote in message
news:jhachm-9A0EDF.21274706062004@news-60.giganews.com...
In article <40c3d062$0$31679$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au>,
"Clayton of Sunnybrook Farm" <cjfat@BLOCKINGOFTHESPAMphonyemail.com>
wrote:
"johac" <jhachm@ixpresremove.com> wrote in message
news:jhachm-7616A7.00465406062004@news-60.giganews.com...
Theocracy comes to town .
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4169456,00.html
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Anti-Porn Pastor Elected Mayor in Texas
Saturday June 5, 2004 1:01 AM
By ANGELA K. BROWN
Associated Press Writer
KENNEDALE, Texas (AP) - Patrons of the XXX Super Store and the Fantasy
Foxx strip club have been getting a souvenir in the mail recently: an
I-know-where-you've-been postcard emblazoned with a photo of the
customer's car parked outside one of the adult businesses.
The card reads: ``Observed you in the neighborhood. Didn't know if you
were aware there is a church in the area.''
Oakcrest Family Church pastor Jim Norwood and his followers have been
snapping the pictures and mailing out the cards over the past six
months
or so - a campaign that helped Norwood get elected mayor of this Fort
Worth suburb last month with 66 percent of the vote.
How did they find out people's addresses just from pictures of their
cars?
If they are using police resources to find out their address from
licence
plate numbers they are breaking any number of laws!
I don't know about all states, but in Texas license plate numbers are in
the public record and can be accessed by any one. Scary if you ask me.
Holy crap. How can any one stand to live in a place like that?
Hey, a state that would elect Dubya governor and send Tom (bugcatcher)
Delay to Congress, what would one expect?
--
John Hachmann aa #1782
"Men become civilized not in their willingness to believe, but in
proportion to their readiness to doubt." - H. L. Mencken
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| User: "quibbler" |
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06 Jun 2004 01:55:33 PM |
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In article <jhachm-7616A7.00465406062004@news-60.giganews.com>,
jhachm@ixpresremove.com says...
KENNEDALE, Texas (AP) - Patrons of the XXX Super Store and the Fantasy
Foxx strip club have been getting a souvenir in the mail recently: an
I-know-where-you've-been postcard emblazoned with a photo of the
customer's car parked outside one of the adult businesses.
The card reads: ``Observed you in the neighborhood. Didn't know if you
were aware there is a church in the area.''
Imagine if it were the other way around. Imagine if a strip club took
pictures of people's cars at church and sent a solicitation by mail to
come visit their strip club. There would assuredly be loud expressions
of outrage -- though I suspect that the strip club would get a fair
amount of church patrons.
--
Quibbler (quibbler247atyahoo.com)
"It is fashionable to wax apocalyptic about the
threat to humanity posed by the AIDS virus, 'mad cow'
disease, and many others, but I think a case can be
made that faith is one of the world's great evils,
comparable to the smallpox virus but harder to
eradicate." -- Richard Dawkins
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| User: "Clayton of Sunnybrook Farm" |
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| Title: Re: Anti-Porn Pastor Elected Mayor in Texas |
06 Jun 2004 09:24:02 PM |
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"quibbler" <quibbler247@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.1b2d16802fd716d098982e@news.individual.net...
In article <jhachm-7616A7.00465406062004@news-60.giganews.com>,
jhachm@ixpresremove.com says...
KENNEDALE, Texas (AP) - Patrons of the XXX Super Store and the Fantasy
Foxx strip club have been getting a souvenir in the mail recently: an
I-know-where-you've-been postcard emblazoned with a photo of the
customer's car parked outside one of the adult businesses.
The card reads: ``Observed you in the neighborhood. Didn't know if you
were aware there is a church in the area.''
Imagine if it were the other way around. Imagine if a strip club took
pictures of people's cars at church and sent a solicitation by mail to
come visit their strip club. There would assuredly be loud expressions
of outrage -- though I suspect that the strip club would get a fair
amount of church patrons.
How about sending the church pictures of a freshly masturbated penis just
used to ejaculate over a Bible...the most pornographic of all books!
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| User: "johac" |
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06 Jun 2004 11:31:37 PM |
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In article <MPG.1b2d16802fd716d098982e@news.individual.net>,
quibbler <quibbler247@yahoo.com> wrote:
In article <jhachm-7616A7.00465406062004@news-60.giganews.com>,
jhachm@ixpresremove.com says...
KENNEDALE, Texas (AP) - Patrons of the XXX Super Store and the Fantasy
Foxx strip club have been getting a souvenir in the mail recently: an
I-know-where-you've-been postcard emblazoned with a photo of the
customer's car parked outside one of the adult businesses.
The card reads: ``Observed you in the neighborhood. Didn't know if you
were aware there is a church in the area.''
Imagine if it were the other way around. Imagine if a strip club took
pictures of people's cars at church and sent a solicitation by mail to
come visit their strip club. There would assuredly be loud expressions
of outrage -- though I suspect that the strip club would get a fair
amount of church patrons.
....and the guy in the dark glasses and the trench coat with the hat on
his lap sitting in the first row would probably be the pastor.
--
John Hachmann aa #1782
"Men become civilized not in their willingness to believe, but in
proportion to their readiness to doubt." - H. L. Mencken
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| User: "Doc Smartass" |
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| Title: Re: Anti-Porn Pastor Elected Mayor in Texas |
06 Jun 2004 03:39:27 PM |
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quibbler <quibbler247@yahoo.com> wrote in
news:MPG.1b2d16802fd716d098982e@news.individual.net:
In article <jhachm-7616A7.00465406062004@news-60.giganews.com>,
jhachm@ixpresremove.com says...
KENNEDALE, Texas (AP) - Patrons of the XXX Super Store and the Fantasy
Foxx strip club have been getting a souvenir in the mail recently: an
I-know-where-you've-been postcard emblazoned with a photo of the
customer's car parked outside one of the adult businesses.
The card reads: ``Observed you in the neighborhood. Didn't know if you
were aware there is a church in the area.''
Imagine if it were the other way around. Imagine if a strip club took
pictures of people's cars at church and sent a solicitation by mail to
come visit their strip club. There would assuredly be loud expressions
of outrage -- though I suspect that the strip club would get a fair
amount of church patrons.
Isn't it about time for people to STOP condoning the christer lifestyle?
It's a choice, you know.
--
Dr. Smartass
BAAWA Knight of Heckling -- a.a. #1939
Dr. Smartass is unnaturally high in carbohydrates, fats, and sodium.
Consult your physician before consuming Dr. Smartass.
Try New "Religion Pockets!" Flaky crust with a tasty ***** center!
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