FC: Conservative groups celebrate "Victims of Pornography" month

From: Declan McCullagh (declanat_private)
Date: Fri May 04 2001 - 06:49:49 PDT

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       May Days Should Be Porn-Free
       By Declan McCullagh (declanat_private)
       2:00 a.m. May 4, 2001 PDT
       
       WASHINGTON -- If you're a dot-com sex star, if you lurk on
       alt.sex.stories, or if your home page happens to be thehun.net, then
       you may be a "victim" of pornography.
       
       No, don't laugh. An entirely serious coalition of antiporn groups is
       celebrating "Victims of Pornography" month in May, and they're hoping
       their efforts will climax with more prosecutions of smut sellers.
       
       It may seem unseemly to toast a month that's by design a dour affair,
       but now that a Republican lives in the White House, conservatives are
       mounting an unadulterated campaign to save the sexploited.
       
       On the victimsofpornography.org site, visitors are urged to become
       active against ostensibly unwholesome erotica by meeting with
       religious leaders, planning a motorcade with white ribbons and writing
       letters to local newspapers.
       
       The festivities began Wednesday on Capitol Hill with an event attended
       by Reps. Steve Largent (R-Oklahoma) and Jim Ryun (R-Kansas), along
       with groups and individuals who offered testimonials to the perils of
       prurience.
    
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