Put the crisis of pornography on Congress’ agenda –

August 20, 2010

Pornography:  A battle that must be fought!

In 1987, I visited the U.S. Justice Department and met with the head of the Child Exploitation and Obscenity Enforcement Section.  It was Rob Showers.  Meeting with us was also his assistant Pat Trueman who shortly thereafter succeeded Showers in that leadership capacity.

Often we find that those who serve in such roles use the position to advance to a “higher” more ranking government post.

Pat Trueman is not such an individual.  It was abundantly clear then that he was the right man for that position.  He was clearly more than just occupying that important post.  Now years after Pat Trueman served in the Justice Department, he continues his fight against illegal pornography.  (Continue Reading…)

U.S. Wrong to Strike FCC Indecency Policy

July 14, 2010

I was asked on an MSNBC news show interview shortly after the Janet Jackson Super Bowl “wardrobe malfunction” whether I thought the FCC should involve itself more aggressively in enforcing the FCC standards for indecency.

My concern then is the same as now.   In our local communities the police prevent our communities from becoming lawless.  Without their intervention, basic patterns of human civility would be tossed out the window.

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“Pornography Harms” – right at your finger tips

February 18, 2010

Does pornography destroy?  Not according to some.  But persons honest with themselves know the naked truth.

How many reading this are themselves quietly suffering through a major heartache that is centered around a loved one who is ensnared in pornography?   Pornography: the silent victimizer. (Continue Reading…)