The "Foxhole Bar" Kills Families

Letter to the editor, Times Recorder newspaper, Zanesville, Ohio

Having read so many positive letters to the editor concerning The Foxhole - Zanesville's local smut-bar where one owner tried to murder another owner recently - one would think it is a charitable club that bakes cookies for the elderly, crochetes booties for newborns, and gives free marital counseling for ailing marriages. After all, one citizen told us that it is a “clean club” that is helping single mothers and college students “better themselves,” and that its owner, Mr. George, is a “great man”. And another citizen referred to The Foxhole as merely a place of entertainment. When can I get an appointment to take my husband and five children to visit this clean club for some entertainment and meet this great man, Mr. George? I am always looking for more positive role models for my children!

In all seriousness, might I remind you of what kind of place and people we are talking about here? Nude women being paid to dance in the laps of salivating perverts! If this is a clean club, what would the aforementioned citizen consider dirty? I’ll tell you what God considers dirty: Jesus said if you even look on a woman who is not your wife to lust after her in your heart, you are guilty of adultery (Matthew 5:27-30). What goes on in the Foxhole is not benign entertainment; it is sexual sin and against God’s law. Mr. George is not a “great man” helping women to better themselves. He is profiting from and proliferating a sexual epidemic in our country that is destroying men, women, children, and families.

And as for those who would chant, “If you don’t like it, just don’t go,” I would say that we should not be content to be silent in the midst of immorality in our community. Sometimes we have to do more than abstain; we have to speak out! May all God-fearing citizens of Zanesville join in prayer that our community will no longer tolerate bad businesses like The Foxhole, and furthermore, that those who frequent it will repent and serve Jesus.

Elizabeth Johnston

Zanesville, Ohio