Outing "Michiana Voice"

by Don Wheeler

I happened to send in a couple of items I wanted included in our First Unitarian Church newsletter this morning. One had to do with the October 4th "Pride in the Park" event. Our Church Administrator had an interesting response.

We just got a LONG letter from [the alleged] Michiana Voice -- unsigned, of course -- asking us to boycott McDonald's for supporting GLBT causes. "Your happy meal purchase helps support those family-wrecking queers, so cut it out!" (paraphrase).

Maybe I should add Michiana Voice to our mailing list.

Intrigued, I wrote back - telling him I'd be quite interested in publishing the letter. He replied:

The letter and it's "fact" sheet went in the recycling bin, which was picked up yesterday. Particulars on the boycott are posted at the afa.net website. And yes, Wildmon is the AFA guy -- They claim to have the support of a whopping .008 (8/10s of one percent) of the population! That's almost as many people as there are, by very conservative estimates, full-fledged, "out" gay and lesbian people.

Michiana Voice
PO Box 2441
South Bend 46680

That's the only identifying info on the letter. It was sent to all churches in the area, so somebody might have kept a copy.

I thought the conservative estimate was 8%, but no matter. I couldn't find the McDonald's grievance on the afa website, but maybe we should write these "Voice" folks and express our deep appreciation. And, by the way, check with your church to see if they still have a copy. I'd still like to post it.