Indiana- Uniontown, Indiana, has been fighting a porn shop for three years since the county council permitted the business.
About three dozen area residents have been at the forefront of the fight, along with two grandmothers who have been stalwarts in the campaign. One of the grandmothers -- Joyce Gillaspy -- says they are serious about shutting down the shop.
"And some of us even went to jail in protest because we blocked the drive, trying to finish the building, from getting it done [sic]," she said. Several have maintained a vigil and they say it has worked because truckers have stopped visiting the shop. "We call and let the companies know their trucks are in this porn store, and they don't want their trucks being seen [there]," says Gillaspy.
Debbie Howard stands side by side with Gillaspy. "When customers pull in, we take photographs and [license] plate numbers, and then the War-Line deciphers which ones they want to put on," said Howard.
The War-Line is a website that helps the protesters go public. Howard was asked if they have caught flak from some of the customers, to which she replied, "Yeah, there's been a lot of incidences go down."
The protesters say there are two problems -- there is no police department, and local regulations on porn shops have not been enforced. Owners of the porn shop have sued the county, claiming the protesters have cost them $300,000 in business.
