November 2007-The results of the 1st Porn-NO Summit activities sponsored by Pure Life Revolution & Girls Against Porn included:
-a stripper being delivered from the industry
-many people came forward to get freedom from sexual addictions
-large child porn ring was busted in Tennessee
-Shelley Lubben was able to share her testimony with many people during the 3 days of events, that helped many come forward to get help for their addictions.
Girls Against Porn Calls for Judge Alex Kozinski's Removal from Obscenity Trial and His Resignation
NASHVILLE, Tenn., June 13 /Christian Newswire/ -- The chief judge of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, Alex Kozinski, admitted to the Los Angeles Times, that his website contains sexually explicit material. He informed The Times that he began saving sexually explicit materials years ago. He has defended the material as "funny." He is also presiding over an obscenity trial, involving a pornographer who produces sexual fetish videos, featuring bestiality & defecation. On Wednesday, the prosecutor in this case, requested a delay to look into the potential conflict of interest concerning the judge having sexually explicit materials on his website, which is similar to the material in the case the judge is presiding over. Years ago, he led an effort to remove filters that deny access to pornography from appeals court computers. One might ask the question why; to make a statement or to ensure that porn is viewed?
Among the images are: female masturbation, public sex, a transsexual strip tease, photos of women's private areas, naked women painted and posed as cows, a half-dressed man with a sexually-aroused farm animal, and fellatio. If the material was ever sent over the Internet, this could be a federal felony. "People send me stuff like this all the time," Kozinski stated.
This is representation of what we are seeing in a pornified culture; harmful materials that have been wrapped into the lives of some of the nation's highest levels of judicial and governmental authority. What a sad day, when a judge who is given such authority and responsibility, defiles that position, and disrespects the integrity and morality of it. With great position, comes great responsibility. What message is being sent to the next generation? He is supposed to be a legal role model, and knowledgeable of obscenity law. This is a clear conflict of interest. When private behaviors, addictions, or fetishes infringe upon the person's duty of that position to be neutral in cases, and free from conflict of interest, the work and private life are in direct conflict.
Pornography is far from "funny." If the judge and others who seem to find themselves in similar situations were knowledgeable about the lives that porn has destroyed, and continues to destroy every day, we doubt he would find the material "funny." The children who have been sexually abused, because of someone's porn addiction, who live with that pain forever, don't think it's funny. Many lives that have been shattered because of pornography can be read on our blog at: http://www.girlsagainstporn.com/blog.html. Marriages are destroyed, the connection to child abuse, human trafficking, and even husbands who have committed suicide over their porn addictions, are true representations of the pain of porn. If judicial leaders have addictions, it is in their best interest to get help.
This should be of great concern to all women, and how degrading to the gender. As a female, what if this judge was presiding over your case? Our question to Judge Kozinski is simply this. Why not be a part of the solution to the pornography problem? Spend your time helping those who have been affected, rather than being part of the problem. Congress should begin impeachment proceedings, if the judge does not resign. GAP is issuing a call to action to all concerned women, and for every citizen who is concerned. Let the Department of Justice know your concerns. Make your voice heard in this important matter and in the future of the judicial system.
Girls Against Porn is an on-line resource and action coalition for women who have a loved one involved in porn, and for anyone who wishes to get involved in the fight against porn and enforcement of obscenity laws.
KENTUCKY MAN SENTENCED TO FIVE YEARS IN PRISON
FOR RECEIVING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
WASHINGTON – Mark Doane, of Independence, Ky., was sentenced today to five years in prison for receiving child pornography, Acting Assistant Attorney General Matthew Friedrich of the Criminal Division and Acting U.S Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky James A. Zerhusen announced. U.S. District Judge William O. Bertelsman also ordered Doane to serve 25 years of supervised release.
In November 2005, Doane, 35, sent his computer to Hewlett Packard in Louisville, Ky., for repair. Technicians reviewing the hard drive subsequently discovered images and videos of what appeared to be minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct, and alerted the Independence Police Department. A preliminary forensic exam by the Department of Homeland Security’s Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) uncovered approximately 70 images, 8 movie files and several cookies from child pornography Web sites on Doane’s computer. Initially, Doane claimed that a virus caused the child pornography to be downloaded onto his computer without his knowledge, but a subsequent, more in-depth review by a computer forensic specialist with the High Tech Investigative Unit of the Criminal Division's Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS) refuted that claim. Doane thereafter pleaded guilty to one count of receiving child pornography on Dec. 10, 2007, the day before his criminal trial was scheduled to begin.
Doane’s case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Elaine Leonhard of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Kentucky, Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Laura Ward of the Kenton County Commonwealth Attorney’s Office and CEOS Trial Attorney Elizabeth M. Yusi. The case was jointly investigated by ICE, the Independence Police Department and the High Tech Investigative Unit of CEOS.
Judge under scrutiny declares mistrial in LA obscenity case
By LINDA DEUTSCH 06.13.08, 4:38 PM ET
LOS ANGELES -
A federal judge under scrutiny for posting sexually explicit material on his own Web site declared a mistrial Friday in an obscenity trial over which he was presiding.
Judge Alex Kozinski said he would ask that the case be assigned to another judge.
Kozinski is chief judge of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals but was serving as a trial judge in a federal obscenity prosecution of a man who distributed videos showing bestiality and extreme fetishes.
"In light of the public controversy surrounding my involvement in this case, I have concluded that there is a manifest necessity to declare a mistrial," Kozinski wrote in his order.
The postings on the judge's Web site came to light earlier this week when opening statements were under way. The trial was suspended Wednesday after jurors had already watched some of the videos.
Kozinski on Thursday asked an ethics panel of the 9th Circuit to conduct an investigation of his own conduct and pledged to cooperate fully. He also asked Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts to assign the inquiry to a panel of judges outside the 9th Circuit's jurisdiction of nine western states.
In the obscenity case, the U.S. Department of Justice is prosecuting Ira Isaacs, 57, on four counts, including importation or transportation of obscene material for sale. He faces a maximum of 20 years in prison and forfeiture of assets if convicted.
Defense attorney Roger Jon Diamond said he was very upset about the mistrial and was considering his options.
He said it was unclear whether the case could proceed with the same jury and a new judge.
Diamond accused the Department of Justice of "intimidating Judge Kozinski into doing this." Justice Department attorneys are trying the case.
"We all have to be nervous and concerned when the executive branch can do this to anybody, including the sitting federal appeals judge," Diamond said.
Department of Justice spokeswoman Laura Sweeney in Washington, D.C., declined to comment on any aspect of the case.
Diamond said there had been meetings with the prosecutor, Justice Department lawyer Kenneth Whitted, and with Brent D. Ward, the head of the government obscenity task force, since the controversy erupted.
"I made a proposal for a stipulated mistrial, providing the retrial would not take place until early next and that was flatly rejected by Mr. Whitted and Mr. Ward," Diamond said. "They wanted to disqualify Kozinski and go ahead immediately with the same jury and a new judge Monday morning."
Diamond said he was certain jurors knew of the controversy but he had favored allowing the trial to proceed with Kozinski presiding, rather than simply changing judges.
"If we were to come back to court with a new judge, it would send a message to the jury that Judge Kozinski did something wrong, which is not true. The jury would get the impression that something naughty had occurred, which is not the case."
The images on Kozinski's Web site were reported Wednesday by the Los Angeles Times.
Cyrus Sanai, a Beverly Hills lawyer who has had a long-running dispute with the 9th Circuit, told The Associated Press he discovered the sexual content while monitoring the judge's Web site in December. Sanai said he downloaded the files then started contacting reporters to bring attention to what he called widespread ethical problems on the 9th Circuit.
AND HIS ADULT ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY OF OBSCENITY CRIMES
WASHINGTON – A federal jury in Tampa, Fla., convicted Paul F. Little and his adult entertainment company, MaxWorld Entertainment Inc. (MaxWorld), of obscenity crimes, Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division Matthew Friedrich and Chief Postal Inspector Alexander Lazaroff announced today.
Following a seven-day trial, the Tampa jury found Little, 50, of Altadena, Calif., and MaxWorld guilty of all charged counts of transporting obscene matter by use of an interactive computer service and mailing obscene matter. At sentencing on Sept. 5, 2008, Little faces a maximum statutory penalty of up to 5 years in prison and a $250,000 fine for each count of conviction as well as forfeiture of all domain names. MaxWorld faces a separate $250,000 fine.
Little, a/k/a “Max Hardcore” or “Max Steiner,” is a nationally-known producer, director and star of pornographic DVDs and video clips. In his films, he is shown engaging in violent and extreme sexual acts with female performers, including urination, “fisting” and vomiting. Little markets his products through his websites and MaxWorld.
Little and MaxWorld were indicted in May 2007 on five counts of transporting obscene matter by use of an interactive computer service and five counts of mailing obscene matter. The charges stemmed from materials the defendants offered via the MaxHardcore.com Web site. The indictment alleged that Little, through MaxWorld, used this Web site and the U.S. mail service to distribute films that meet the U.S. Supreme Court’s standards for obscenity.
At trial, the jury heard evidence and testimony about specific transactions in which Little and MaxWorld distributed obscene materials online and by mail in Tampa. The jury learned that on Jan. 18, 2006, investigators purchased an online membership to the MaxHardcore.com Web site and downloaded five trailers – promotional video clips of full-length feature films – that were available through MaxWorld. The jury also heard that on March 13, 2007, an undercover postal inspector bought five DVDs from the Web site, all of which depicted violent and extreme sexual acts, and which Little also produced. The DVDs were delivered to a post office box in Tampa on March 28 and March 30, 2007.
The case is being prosecuted by Trial Attorneys LisaMarie Freitas and Edward J. McAndrew of the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS), with the assistance of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida. The case was investigated the U.S. Postal Inspection Service and the FBI. Computer forensic analysis and trial testimony was provided by the CEOS’s High Tech Investigative Unit.
BOSTON MAN SENTENCED ON CHILD PROSTITUTION CHARGES
WASHINGTON – Victor Diaz, 24, a resident of East Boston, was sentenced today to 51 months in prison after a federal jury in Boston convicted him of conspiring to engage in a child prostitution scheme, Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division Matthew W. Friedrich and U.S. Attorney Michael J. Sullivan for the District of Massachusetts announced.
Diaz was convicted on Feb. 4, 2008, after a week-long jury trial before U.S. District Judge Patti B. Saris of the District of Massachusetts. In addition to the prison sentence, Judge Saris also ordered Diaz to serve two years of supervised release.
Diaz and his niece, Evelyn Diaz, were charged with conspiring to sex traffic a minor between April 2004 and April 2005. At trial, the government proved that between approximately July 2003 and May 2005, Evelyn Diaz operated an escort service that was advertised in multiple publications and on the Internet. The escort service sent individuals, including minors, on prostitution calls in and around Boston. Victor Diaz assisted in the operation by driving adults and a minor to whom he and Evelyn Diaz are related to prostitution calls.
Evelyn Diaz pleaded guilty in January 2007 to two counts of transporting a minor to engage in prostitution and three counts of sex trafficking of children, in addition to the conspiracy charge. On April 27, 2007, she was sentenced to serve nine years in federal prison.
The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Dana Gershengorn and Trial Attorney Wendy Waldron of the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS). The case was investigated by the FBI, the Boston Police Department, the Cambridge Police Department and the Massachusetts State Police.
The case was part of the Innocence Lost Initiative, a cooperative effort between the FBI, CEOS and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children to prevent and prosecute child prostitution.
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WASHINGTON – An Indiana man has been charged by a federal grand jury in Martinsburg, W. Va., with transportation of obscene materials and related offenses, Assistant Attorney General Alice S. Fisher of the Criminal Division announced today.
Loren Jay Adams, 45, of Indianapolis was charged with transporting obscene matters through the U.S. mail and transportation of obscene matters for sale or distribution by means of interstate commerce. In a separate allegation, the government is seeking forfeiture of assets belonging to Adams, including certain obscene materials and all property derived from profits or other proceeds obtained from or used to commit the alleged offenses. Adams faces a maximum prison sentence of five years on each of the charged counts. The indictment was returned by the grand jury on May 20, 2008, and unsealed following Adams’ arrest.
According to the indictment, Adams operates through his three businesses: Hard2Find Videos; L & J; and L and J. Adams is charged with distributing obscene DVDs in February 2008. According to the indictment, the films were shipped from Indiana to Martinsburg through the U.S. mail.
An indictment is a formal charging document notifying the defendant of his charges. All persons charged in an indictment are presumed innocent until proven guilty.
The case is being prosecuted by Trial Attorney Pamela Satterfield of the Criminal Division’s Obscenity Prosecution Task Force with investigatory assistance from the FBI.
Supreme Court Decision Upholding Child Porn Law ''Very Sound and Reasoned''
May 19, 2008
(Washington, DC) - The American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ), focusing on constitutional law, said today's decision by the Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of the Protect Act of 2003 - a measure designed to combat child pornography - is a ''very sound and reasoned'' decision that gives the government the tools it needs to hold child pornographers accountable. The ACLJ's amicus brief represented 18 members of Congress - including five co-sponsors of the Protect Act. The 7-2 decision comes in the case of U.S. v. Williams (No. 06-694).
''This is a very sound and reasoned decision that is long overdue,'' said Jay Sekulow, Chief Counsel of the ACLJ, which represented members of Congress in this case. ''It's encouraging to see the high court finally give the government the tools it needs to punish those who pander or promote child pornography. It's a well thought out decision that respects the First Amendment while reaching the proper conclusion that Congress acted appropriately and constitutionally in moving to battle child pornography online. We're very pleased that the high court moved to protect the most vulnerable of our society - our children.''
In the majority opinion, Justice Antonin Scalia concluded that the statute ''raises no constitutional problems whatever'' and correctly rejected arguments that the Protect Act violates the First Amendment. Justice Scalia wrote: ''In sum, we hold that offers to provide or requests to obtain child pornography are categorically excluded from the First Amendment.''
The majority opinion concluded: ''Child pornography harms and debases the most defenseless of our citizens. Both the State and Federal Governments have sought to supress it for many years, only to find it proliferating through the new medium of the Internet. This Court held unconstitutional Congress's previous attempt to meet this new threat, and Congress responded with a carefully crafted attempt to eliminate the First Amendment problems we identified. As far as the provision at issue in this case is concerned, that effort was successful.''
The ACLJ represented itself and 18 members of Congress - including five co-sponsors of the Protect Act: Senator Tom Coburn and Representatives J. Gresham Barrett, Marsha Blackburn, Tom Cole, John Culberson, John Doolittle, Tom Feeney, Luis G. Fortuno, Trent Franks, Virgil H. Goode, Bob Inglis, Sam Johnson, Steve King, Joseph R. Pitts, Lamar Smith, Timothy Walberg, Dave Weldon, and Lynn A. Westmoreland. The five co-sponsors of the Protect Act represented in the brief are: Representatives Blackburn, Feeney, Franks, King, and Smith.
In its amicus brief, the ACLJ urged the high court to overturn a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit that declared a provision of the Protect Act 2003 unconstitutional. The ACLJ contended that Congress acted properly when it included this provision in the measure: ''Any person who knowingly advertises, promotes, presents, distributes or solicits a visual depiction'' of a child engaged in sex commits a crime, whether or not the material exists.
Led by Chief Counsel Jay Sekulow, the American Center for Law and Justice focuses on constitutional law and is based in Washington, D.C.
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Pro-Decency And Pro-Family Organizations To Hold Conference, Followed By Orderly Demonstration At U.S. Justice Department, To Call Attention To Failed Federal Obscenity Law Enforcement Policies That Are Putting Children, Women And Families At Risk
NEW YORK (May 9, 2008) – On Monday, May 19, pro-decency and pro-family organizations will hold a Prayer Breakfast (8 to 9 am) and Conference (9 to 11 am) at the National Press Club (Murrow Room) to call attention to U.S. Justice Department and FBI obscenity law enforcement policies that undermine Government’s ability to strengthen the family, protect children from pornography and curb sexual exploitation of children and sexual trafficking. The Conference will be followed by an orderly demonstration at the Justice Dept. (950 Pennsylvania Ave., NW) from 11:30 am to 1:30 pm. The Press are invited. Speakers will be available for questions after the Conference and at the Demonstration.
Speakers include:
Ted Baehr, President, Christian Film & TV Commission
Larry Cirignano, Founder, CatholicVote.org
Janice Crouse, Ph.D., Senior Fellow, Beverly LaHaye Institute
Brad Curl, President, Athletes & Business for Kids
Bill Johnson, President, American Decency Association
Rabbi Yehuda Levin, Spokesperson, Rabbinical Alliance of America
Mike McManus, Co-Founder, Marriage Savers
Robert Peters, President, Morality in Media
Maureen Proctor, President, Family Leader Network
Cathy Ruse, Senior Fellow (Legal Studies), Family Research Council
Sarah Seitz, Esq., Liberty Counsel
Arthur Taylor, Past President, CBS, Inc.
Aaron Titus, Board Member, Maryland Coalition Against Pornography
Pat Trueman, former Chief, U.S. Justice Department’s Child Exploitation & Obscenity Section
Daniel Weiss, Senior Analyst for Media & Sexuality, Focus on the Family
Wendy Wright, President, Concerned Women for America
Ralph Yarro, Founder, CP80 Foundation
Robert Peters, President of Morality in Media had the following comments:
“There is still time for the Bush Administration to make needed changes so that the Justice Department’s Obscenity Prosecution Task Force can begin to fulfill its vital mission. That Task Force is now hampered by inadequate staffing, a Justice Department seemingly more afraid of losing an obscenity case than of losing the war against obscenity, an FBI policy that permits investigation of only the most extreme cases, U.S. Attorneys who won’t enforce obscenity laws.
“We recognize that the Bush Administration has prosecuted more commercial distributors of hardcore ‘adult’ pornography than its predecessor. But that doesn’t change the fact that there haven’t been nearly enough cases to stem the floodtide of destructive obscenity.
“We want the next President to know that failure to vigorously enforce federal obscenity laws is undermining government efforts to, among other things, strengthen the family, protect children from pornography, curb sexual exploitation of children and curb sexual trafficking.
“We also we want the next President to know that widespread availability of obscene materials is not proof of community acceptance. According to a survey conducted by Harris Interactive in April 2008, 75% of adult Americans said they would support the next President were he or she to ‘do all in his or her constitutional power to ensure that federal obscenity laws are enforced vigorously against commercial distributors of hardcore pornography.’
“We have asked the Presidential candidates to make their views known about vigorous enforcement of federal obscenity laws. The American people deserve an honest answer.”
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Federal Grand Jury Charges Two Companies and Owner John Stagliano with Obscenity Violations
WASHINGTON – A producer of allegedly obscene movies and two companies owned by him have been charged by a federal grand jury in Washington, D.C., with operating an obscenity distribution business and related offenses, Assistant Attorney General Alice S. Fisher of the Criminal Division announced today.
In an indictment filed by the grand jury today, Malibu, Calif. resident John Stagliano and two of his companies, Evil Angel Productions, Inc. and John Stagliano, Inc., both located in Van Nuys, Calif., were charged with three counts of using a facility of interstate commerce to sell and distribute DVDs containing obscene films together with a movie trailer in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1465; two counts of using a common carrier for the conveyance or delivery of DVDs containing obscene films in interstate commerce in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1462; one count of engaging in the business of selling or transferring an obscene film and a movie trailer in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1466; one count of using an interactive computer service to display an obscene movie trailer in a manner available to a person under 18 years of age, in violation of 47 U.S.C. § 223 (d); and one count seeking forfeiture of certain assets of the defendants under 18 U.S.C. § 1467. According to the indictment, the defendants, producers of the films charged in the indictment, distributed the films to the public by means of common carrier and the Internet.
If convicted, Stagliano faces a maximum penalty of five years in prison on each of the obscenity counts charged under Title 18, United States Code, and two years on the count charged under Title 47, United States Code. The corporations face a maximum penalty of $500,000 in fines per count.
An indictment is merely an accusation. All defendants are presumed innocent of the charges and it is the government’s burden to prove a defendant’s guilt beyond a reasonable doubt at trial.
The case is being prosecuted by Trial Attorney Pamela Satterfield of the Obscenity Prosecution Task Force of the U.S. Department of Justice, with support from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia. Investigation was done by the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Adult Obscenity Squad based in the Washington, D.C. field office. The Los Angeles Police Department also assisted in the investigation.
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20th Annual WRAP Week to kick off year-long effort to raise public awareness about the pornography (obscenity) problem and to make both political parties aware of the need to enforce obscenity laws
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NEW YORK (October 11, 2007)— Morality in Media has promoted the annual White Ribbon Against Pornography (WRAP) Week since the fall of 1987. This year’s WRAP Week will be held Sunday, October 28, through Sunday, November 4.
The primary goal of WRAP Week is to inform the public and public officials about the harms of pornography and the need to enact and enforce constitutional obscenity and related laws. This year, WRAP Week will also serve to kickoff a yearlong effort to make both major political parties aware of the need to enforce federal obscenity laws.
WRAP Week began with one woman in Butler, Pennsylvania, in 1987. Norma Norris heard the pastor of her Catholic parish lament that prosecutors and law enforcement agencies acted as if people didn't care about the hardcore pornography being sold in their communities. Norma looked at the people in her church and said, "That can't be; they're here!" The idea of a white ribbon as a symbol of community standards of decency came to her and a movement was born.
Robert Peters, President of Morality in Media, had the following comments:
“Morality in Media continues to promote WRAP Week because citizens find that the display of white ribbons is a simple and inexpensive way to make a statement against pornography. This year’s campaign is special because in November 2008 Americans will elect a new president. While President Bush’s record of enforcing obscenity laws has been disappointing, to date it is clearly superior to the Clinton record, and we will be working to encourage the Bush Administration to pick up the pace of prosecutions, with the hope that the next President will build on that progress.
“The Supreme Court has held that obscene materials are not protected by the First Amendment; but to reverse the flood tide of hardcore pornography pouring into our nation’s communities, homes and children’s minds, obscenity laws must be vigorously enforced. Given a choice, I think most adult Americans would rather live in a safe, healthy and decent society than in a pornographic cesspool.”
For more information about WRAP Week and fighting pornography throughout the year, citizens can call 212-870-3222 or visit www.moralityinmedia.org (WRAP Campaign). Other groups promoting this year’s WRAP Week include America Mothers, Catholic Daughters, Concerned Women for America, Focus on the Family, Girls Against Porn, Knights of Columbus, Maryland Coalition Against Pornography and Pittsburgh Coalition Against Pornography.
Campaigns Combating Pornography to Begin in October
By AFA Journal
October 5, 2006
(AgapePress) - Parents, students, and pastors all have resources available to them in a campaign designed to increase public awareness of the harm done by exposure to pornography.
Protection from Pornography Week and the White Ribbon Against Pornography (WRAP) Campaign begin October 29. The project is coordinated by Morality in Media.
At their web site, MoralityInMedia.org, the group also offers resources including what the private citizen can do to combat pornography during Protection from Pornography Week, information on the WRAP Campaign, a quick primer on obscenity laws, and a model letter to the editor. Model sermons for porn awareness and a model proclamation observing the week are also there.
The WRAP Campaign web site, WRAPfamily.com, notes that inappropriate sexual images -- often as innocuous as swimsuit or lingerie images -- can usher entry into pornography and sexual addiction, which can occur within a relatively short time (a week to three months, says WRAP). "Many parents and children/teens are not aware of the quickness of pornography addiction," says the web site, noting that inappropriate images, which influence actions, cannot be "erased" from the mind.
"Children [and] teens need to abandon the 'everybody's seeing these things' mind set and be responsible for what goes into their minds," says WRAP.
Among other Internet safety tips for families, WRAP suggests a "crash and tell" arrangement in which children should feel comfortable in immediately turning off the computer after they encounter a bad experience and talking with a parent about that experience.
Morality in Media is a national, not-for-profit, interfaith organization established in 1962 to combat obscenity and uphold decency standards in the media. It maintains the National Obscenity Law Center, a clearinghouse of legal materials on obscenity law, and conducts public information programs to educate and involve concerned citizens.
Additional Resources: Faithful and True Ministries -- Dr. Mark Laaser offers five-day intensive workshops for those struggling with sexual addictions. Pure Life Ministries -- Premier ministry to those dealing with sexual sin or pornography addiction. Pure Life offers a 6- to 12-month live-in recovery program. AFA Filter -- A powerful Internet filter developed by Bsafe and endorsed by the American Family Association.
The bulk of this article, printed with permission, appears in the October 2006 issue of AFA Journal, a monthly publication of the American Family Association.
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