Local Group Takes Porn Protest to Adult World

A local group of anti-pornography protesters has taken aim at the Adult World in Montgomeryville, hoping that their efforts will result in the business closing its doors permanently.

"We're not here to hurt anybody's livelihood, but these businesses have no place in our community," said Dave Dinuzzo, member of the Quakertown-based King's Men. "They're destroying lives, marriages and families."

The group views pornography as something that exploits women, contributes to crime, and ultimately pulls men away from God.

"It's a sin of isolation; a sin of loneliness," said Mark Houck, co-founder of the King's Men. "Pornography is a pandemic in our culture. This is a division between Man and God."

Houck said that his group focuses on education, and regularly hosts conferences, retreats, and accountability meetings aimed at strengthening men's relationship with God while overcoming the temptation of pornography.

In addition to those initiatives, activism plays a large role, and that role had 10 members of the group standing in the rain on Wednesday evening, holding signs and trying to dissuade customers from entering or making a purchase.

"We've all been there, and we all know how much of a grasp pornography can have on a person, and we want to tell people that there is something better," said Dinuzzo. "I know this firsthand. I'm a recovering pornography addict, as are many of us that are out here. It controls your life, but there's so much better and so much more."

The effects of the relatively small protest were immediately apparent, as would-be customers entered the parking lot, only to leave moments later without exiting their vehicles. Other customers entered the building through the rear entrance.

One customer actually parked at an adjacent business, sneaking through the brush and bushes in order to enter the building. Another customer simply entered through the front, though he received an earful as he walked back to his vehicle.

Eventually, police told the protesters that they weren't allowed on the grounds.

Though the group started locally five years ago, it has already become a national organization with partner groups across the country. To date, they claim to have shutdown five sexually-oriented businesses, including the former Coyote Show Club in Quakertown, which closed its doors in 2009 after numerous protests.

That location has now been turned into Caitlyn & Cody’s, a diner and family fun center, which the group celebrates as an example of morality coming around full circle.

In regards to the Montgomeryville Adult World, they just want it gone.

"We'll be out here for the long haul, however long it takes," said Dinuzzo. "We'll protest here until this place is shut down." 

A man who identified himself as the manager of Adult World in Montgomeryville declined to give his name or comment for this article.

A video featuring interviews with Dinuzzo and Houck is available above.

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