By Ed Vitagliano
January 30, 2002

(AgapePress) - What one mom or dad might not be able to accomplish, one pro-family group believes a million moms and dads can.

American Family Association, a Mississippi-based pro-family organization, has launched two new services to give America's families more muscle in reining in the television networks' barrage of filth and violence. OneMillionMoms.com and OneMillionDads.com began in late December registering concerned mothers and fathers who are willing once a week to e-mail their concerns to network, advertising, and TV station executives.

Here's how it works. Each week, AFA will target an offending network, advertiser, or television station. Then AFA will contact website members via e-mail with information about the particular week's target, giving members a "take action" link on the website. Following instructions on the page, members then will e-mail the responsible party, voicing their concern.

"We're only asking people to send one e-mail per week on behalf of our children," AFA president and founder Don Wildmon says. "Our aim is to register one million moms and dads who will join with us in this effort."

Wildmon believes an onslaught of messages about a certain program or commercial can be effective. "Often when you work alone, the networks, stations, sponsors, and Federal Communications Commission ignore you," Wildmon says. "But can you imagine the clout you have by joining hands with one million other parents? The networks, sponsors, and stations will no longer ignore you or laugh at you with contempt."

Wildmon says participants concerned about privacy online can rest assured AFA will not be sharing the registration database or e-mail addresses. He encourages concerned parents to register at either www.onemillionmoms.com or www.onemilliondads.com.