The American Family Association (the AFA) is an ultra-right-wing religion-inspired morality group, headed by the Rev. Donald Wildmon. The AFA, if I remember correctly, was originally the so-called Moral Majority (more accurately the Moronic Minority) until Harper Valley Hypocrite Jerry Falwell left.
The American Family Association filed the original complaint which led to the prosecution/persecution of the rap group Two Live Crew, and they were at least somewhat responsible for the legal investigation of the notorious Mapplethorpe art exhibit, both of which pushed the envelope of good taste to the extreme. The AFA are also renowned for trying to blackmail bookstores which carry Playboy and other controversial publications, and for making petty protests against all kinds of television shows, movies, music lyrics, advertisements, etc.
[The original version of this essay first appeared in Eastern Connecticut State University's Campus Lantern student newspaper in the early '90s and later as part of my unpublished manuscript "In Mediocrity We Trust... In Debt We Die" And Other Essays.]
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