Baldwin’s campaign against the Nyack, N.Y.-based adult business has won the support of The Catholic Citizenship, a conservative, pro-life, pro-family organization that promotes Christian ideals through education and political lobbying efforts.
The Catholic Citizenship has joined Baldwin’s anti-porn cause by filing a lawsuit in New York Supreme Court in Rockland County against the Nyack city planning board, accusing them of failing take the community’s needs in mind when it approved plans to convert a car dealership into an adult store.
In February, the city planning board approved the Queens-based Alagama Group to demolish and reconstruct the adult location, which will sell books, adult videos, sex toys, novelties and will feature peep-show booths.
Nyack city officials have stood firmly against protestors of the adult establishment, stating that the store complies with local zoning laws and is protected by the 1st Amendment.
Baldwin, on the other hand, known for being an out-of-control party boy before converting to Christianity, has taken a more brutish role in his effort to stop the store from opening. On several occasions the actor has said he will harass store patrons by taking their photographs and publicly humiliating them. He also has openly denounced patrons and operators of adult stores as “sex offenders” and “deviants.”
"I’m going to put it in the newspaper because I think the town should know who goes to this place,” Baldwin said.
Baldwin also has begun photographing construction workers as they complete the adult store location and has admitted to taking snapshots of their license plates to reveal who they are.
In nearby Massachusetts, lawmakers are about to present voters with a bylaw to regulate the operation and location of adult businesses. The May 1 vote could potentially create an "overlay district" for adult businesses that would segregate them to the far reaches of the town’s perimeter.
Adult businesses are defined on the ballot as stores that feature a significant amount of “explicit sexual material or sexual conduct.”
And while adult entertainment is protected by the 1st Amendment, lawmakers argue that adult businesses can be regulated to preserve the character of a town or neighborhood.