Mauldraugh, Ky. — Remember the Texas church that was photographing the license plates of customers going into a neighboring adult book store? What’s bred in Texas is just as crumby in Kentucky, evidently, as one Meade County group promises to post pictures of adult bookstore customers on the web. The pictures are photos of customers going into Muldraugh adult businesses.
Opponents of the businesses say their goal is to reduce the customers going into those stores.
The group calls itself Mad-Cap. Muldraugh Area Defense of Citizens Against Pornography. But their latest project is more lens cap, since it promises to post photographs on line of customers entering a Muldraugh adult business.
When two adult bookstores opened in Muldraugh, opponents could not legally force them to close their doors. But three members of MADCAP say they are committed to their own way of handling porno traffic.
“My bible tells me what goes on in there is strictly a sin,” says MADCAP member Sonny Cook.
But the law doesn’t say they can’t watch who goes in the doors of the businesses.
“I just feel like I’m doing the right thing,” says Paul Cummings. So they have been taking some pictures.
“We want people to know we are here and to know that we are taking pictures,” says Randy Johnson of the group. “If they want to pull in the parking lot and maybe have us take their picture that’s their choice.”
MADCAP started its picture taking last week. Members spent about three hours outside the business. Johnson says in that time only about four customers went inside.
“But there were a lot of vehicles that pulled into the parking lot backed up and left or they pulled in did a u-turn and didn’t stop at all,” Johnson told WHAS News.
“He has a right to do his business a clean business this is a clean county a clean business,” says Cook of the owner.
A few pictures from last week’s visit did make it on to MADCAP’s website including one which Johnson says is the owner of the business taking a swing at him.
“We was verbally abused a couple of times, Randy was physically threatened had the police called on us. No big deal,” says Cummings.
The group promises this will not be the last photo opportunity. Next week, they plan to monitor both bookstores at the same time
“They need customers to survive if they don’t make money how long can they stay here?” says Randy Johnson.
The doors to the bookstores are not closed yet. Members promise to keep watch until no more customers drive onto the lot.
MADCAP won’t specify how often they’ll visit the stores.