Not-so 'Secret' shoppers Pastor to put store's visitors on YouTube By Melissa Murphy Article Launched: 06/06/2008 05:55:53 AM PDT
Click photo to enlarge Jeremy White, of Vacaville, stands outside the Secrets store with his video camera and a sign...
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"Smile - You're on YouTube."
That's the greeting some customers receive as they are about to enter the new Secrets: Lingerie Boutique on East Monte Vista Avenue.
The new lingerie/adult store captured plenty of media attention in opening last Friday, just moments before the City Council passed an ordinance enacting a moratorium on adult businesses and the sale of adult products.
Since that time, however, it is Vacaville resident Jeremy White and a handful of others who have kept a spotlight on the store - literally. The group periodically sets up a video camera in front of the store to tape people walking into the business.
"We are not here because we're against sex or lingerie," White said. "I'm a happily married man and I love both of those things. We're here because the gateway to our city is not the location for a porn shop."
White's "YouTube" sign on a black board with white lettering also says "Sex Good, Porn Bad."
"I'm not trying to embarrass anybody," White said. "If you have absolutely no question of conscience about entering this store, then by all means shop away. However, if even only one of the dozens of customers we've deterred from entering is a married person about to do something shady behind their spouse's back then - mission accomplished."
Secrets District Manager Jim Lukes said Vacaville residents don't have anything to worry about because his store isn't like the Secrets chain stores in Fairfield and Vallejo.
"The reality is we're Advertisement not adult," Lukes said. "We're a lingerie store and we're different than those other stores."
The group against the business has received mixed reactions in regard to its taping - some by people entering while making obscene gestures to the camera, others by those giving thumbs up and honking in support.
On Tuesday afternoon, a handful of Vacaville residents from several different churches gathered together to pray outside the business.
"We live in a blessed community," said Kelly Hamilton. "We want to keep it that way."
Hamilton and others explained that they've been prayin
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