Pornography Harms: A Briefing
Phil Burress as Master of Ceremonies
“Pornography Harms: A Briefing, What Congress Can Do to Enforce Existing Laws”
As you know from recent emails we’ve sent out, Phil Burress, president of Citizens for Community Values, served as Master of Ceremonies at a Capitol Hill Briefing on June 15. This event, suggested by Phil and inspired by the recent publication of The Social Harms of Pornography by the Witherspoon Institute at Princeton University, hosted over 200 hundred attendees. Thanks to those of you who invited your congressmen!
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| Pat Trueman, former Chief of the Child Exploitation and Obscenity Unit at DOJ, challenged the DOJ to do their job. (Click here to hear the presentations. Caution: some contain graphic descriptions.) |
The purpose?
The main purpose for the briefing was to expose the harms of pornography and to call upon the Department of out the laws. It’s a valid conclusion that obscene pornography is flourishing in hotels and on cable and the Internet because the DOJ is not doing its job. Justice (DOJ) to enforce existing laws against hardcore (obscene) pornography. There is nothing ambiguous about the laws. It’s a valid conclusion that obscene pornography is flourishing in hotels and on cable and the Internet because the DOJ is not doing its job.
Isn’t pornography protected by the First Amendment?
According to the U.S. Supreme Court, obscene pornography has never been protected under the First Amendment. And, though some would argue that they don’t know what is prosecutable, thirty-seven years ago the Supreme Court clearly defined obscene, prosecutable pornography.
The real test of the event’s impact will be how the DOJ increases its prosecution of obscene pornography. Continue to encourage your U.S. senators and representative to stay involved in the process!
Pornography Harms Children – Sharon Cooper, M.D.
