Donald E. Wildmon, born 18 January 1938 in Dumas, Mississippi, is the founder and chairman of the American Family Association. January 18 is the 18th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Dumas is a town located in Tippah County, Mississippi. ... The American Family Association (AFA) is a conservative Christian organization founded in 1977 by Rev. ...

He graduated from Millsaps College, Jackson, Mississippi, in 1960. In 1961 he married Lynda Lou Bennett with whom he has two sons and two daughters. From 1961 to 1963, he served in the U.S. Army. He was ordained as a minister of the United Methodist Church in 1964 and served as a pastor until 1977, when he left the pastoral ministry to campaign against pornography and violence in the media. He gained his Master of Divinity (MDiv.) from Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, in 1965. Millsaps College is a private liberal arts college in Jackson, Mississippi, supported by the United Methodist Church. ... Nickname: Coordinates: Country United States State Mississippi County Hinds Founded 1822 Government  - Mayor Frank Melton Area  - City  106. ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ... 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1961 calendar). ... Year 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The United States Army is the largest branch of the armed forces of the United States. ... Topics in Christianity Movements · Denominations Ecumenism · Preaching · Prayer Music · Liturgy · Calendar Symbols · Art · Criticism Important figures Apostle Paul · Church Fathers Constantine · Athanasius · Augustine Anselm · Aquinas · Palamas · Wycliffe Tyndale · Luther · Calvin · Wesley Arius · Marcion of Sinope Pope · Archbishop of Canterbury Patriarch of Constantinople Christianity Portal This box:      For other types of... This article is about the current denomination africa. ... 1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ... Also: 1977 (album) by Ash. ... Master of Divinity is a common degree among theological seminaries and is considered the minimum academic requirement for ordination into pastoral ministry. ... Emory University is a private university located in the city of Atlanta, Georgia. ... Hotlanta redirects here. ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ...

The National Federation for Decency was founded in 1977, which was renamed the American Family Association in 1987. The AFA claims a membership of more than 3,000,000 with over 500 local branches. It is not known how many of these members are active participants. The American Family Association (AFA) is a conservative Christian organization founded in 1977 by Rev. ... Year 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar). ...

Throughout the late 1970s, Wildmon actively protested television shows with questionable content that he felt promoted immoral lifestyles. He spoke against such hits as Three's Company, Charlie's Angels, Magnum P.I., Cheers, M*A*S*H, and Dallas. He once called Flamingo Road the worst show on television and Morgan Fairchild the worst actress ever. The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979. ... For the Entourage episode, see Threes Company (Entourage). ... This article is about the television series. ... Magnum, P.I. was an American television show that followed the adventures of Thomas Magnum (played by Tom Selleck), a private investigator living in Hawaii. ... Cheers is a popular American situation comedy produced by Charles-Burrows-Charles Productions in association with Paramount Television for NBC. Cheers was created by the team of James Burrows, Glen Charles, and Les Charles. ... M*A*S*H is an American television series developed by Larry Gelbart, inspired by the 1968 Richard Hooker (penname for H. Richard Hornberger) novel M*A*S*H: A Novel About Three Army Doctors and its sequels, but primarily by the 1970 film MASH, and influenced by the 1961... The Southfork Ranch, home of the Ewing family The original cast of Dallas. ... Flamingo Road was NBCs first attempt to jump into the 1980s primetime soap opera craze. ... Morgan Fairchild (born February 3, 1950) is an American actress. ...

In 1991 he began broadcasting the American Family Radio network (AFR, then WAFR) from Tupelo, Mississippi and now broadcasts to over 20 states. A radio network is a network system which distributes programming to multiple stations simultaneously, or slightly delayed, for the purpose of extending total coverage beyond the limits of a single broadcast signal. ... Tupelo is the largest city and county seat within Lee County, Mississippi. ... Broadcasting is the distribution of audio and/or video signals which transmit programs to an audience. ...

In 1991, the British film "Damned in the USA", directed by Paul Yule was produced, chronicling primarily the battle between Wildmon and artists Andres Serrano and Robert Mapplethorpe. This movie is perhaps notable for a reworking by Lou Reed of his song Walk on the Wild Side entitled "Walk on the Wildmon". This documentary got several awards overseas. This film became a controversy in the USA after a distributor got the rights to show this film in the United States. Donald Wildmon claimed he had a contract with the producers saying this film was not to be shown in the USA and he filed a lawsuit against the producers. A federal judge hearing the case threw out the lawsuit saying that Rev. Wildmon had a contract to be interviewed, etc. However, there was nothing saying he had any say of distribution of the film in the USA.

Other productions and organizations against which he has campaigned include Disneyland/Walt Disney World for allowing LGBT community groups to host "gay days," the film The Last Temptation of Christ, Madonna's Like a Prayer, Robert Clark Young's novel One of the Guys, and Blockbuster Video for stocking NC-17 rated movies. This article is about a theme park in Anaheim, California USA. For other Disney parks and attractions, see Walt Disney Parks and Resorts. ... Cinderella Castle, at the center of the Magic Kingdom, is Walt Disney World Resorts most recognizable icon Introduction Owned and operated by The Walt Disney Company, the Walt Disney World Resort in Florida, USA is home to four theme parks, two water parks, several resort hotels and golf courses... The Last Temptation of Christ, (in Greek O Teleutaios Peirasmos, Ο Τελευταίος Πειρασμός) also published as The Last Temptation, is a novel written by Nikos Kazantzakis, first published in 1951. ... Madonna Louise Ciccone Ritchie (born August 16, 1958), better known as simply Madonna, is a six-time Grammy[1] and one-time Golden Globe award winning American pop singer, songwriter, record and film producer, dancer, actress, author and fashion icon. ... This article is about the album. ... Robert Clark Young (born 1960) is an American author of novels, essays, and short stories. ... One of the Guys is an earnestly satirical and picaresque novel by Robert Clark Young, published in 1999, concerning the fantastical adventures of a man posing as a chaplain on a U.S. Navy ship which goes berserk and terrorizes a number of ports in the Far East before the... Blockbuster video store This article is about the chain of video stores. ... The MPAA film rating system is a system used in the United States and instituted by the Motion Picture Association of America to rate a movie based on its content. ...

Wildmon has been accused of anti-Semitism for his views on the the so-called "theocidal curse", and the role of Jewish people in the media. In 2005 Wildmon threatened that if the Anti-Defamation League criticizes the Religious right, "we just won't support Israel anymore" [1] He has also claimed that "Jews favor homosexual rights more than other Americans [2]". The Eternal Jew: 1937 German poster. ... For other uses, see Jew (disambiguation). ... Anti-Defamation League Logo The Anti-Defamation League (or ADL) is an advocacy group founded by Bnai Brith in the United States whose stated aim is to stop, by appeals to reason and conscience and, if necessary, by appeals to law, the defamation of the Jewish people. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

Up until May of 2007, Wildmon hosted the daily radio program, AFA Report, which airs weekdays at 12:30 p.m. central time on American Family Radio. Wildmon left the program due to other responsibilities he had to fulfill.

His son Timothy is the president of AFA and ran a Dominionist news organization called Agape Press, which went offline in early 2007. This article is on the religious concept of dominionism. ...

Wildmon was played by actor Tom Anniko in a very brief scene in the 2003 made-for-TV movie Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of Three's Company.

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