Prayer breakfast/demonstration in Washington DC, May 19, 2008

By: Steve Huston

Prayer breakfast/demonstration in Washington DC, May 19, 2008

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

May 12, 2008

Join with us in Washington, D.C.
On Monday, May 19
YOU can participate in one or more events

• A Prayer Breakfast from 8:00 to 9:00 am
• A Conference from 9:00 to 11:00 am
PLACE: National Press Club (Murrow Room on 13th floor)
529 14th St., NW, Washington, DC

• An Orderly Demonstration from 11:30 – 1:30 pm
PLACE: U.S. Justice Department (& FBI) headquarters
950 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, Wash., D.C.

TO ATTEND THE PRAYER BREAKFAST OR CONFERENCE YOU MUST CALL (212) 8… or (703) 771-9723. Call same numbers for more information.

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.”

Onenewsnow.com – offers a radio report on this.
Special note: The demonstration is scheduled for next Monday.
It is inadvertently being reported at the headline as today.
[I’m sure my friends at AFR will make the correction shortly.]

http://www.onenewsnow.com/Politics/Default.aspx?id=112794
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Thank you for helping us stay in the battle for Truth and decency.
https://americandecency.org/folder.php?f=donate

Bill Johnson, president
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American Decency Association
Bill Johnson, President
P.O. Box 202
Fremont, MI 49412
ph:231-924-4050
fax:231-924-1966
https://americandecency.org

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