ADELAIDE, Australia - In an unlikely partnership, a Christian lobby group and porn advocates have joined forces to criticize a plan to have public consultation on introducing R18+ video games.
Adelaide's attorney general agreed to ask the public whether an R18+ category for video games should be introduced.
The call for public consultation was criticized by the Australian Christian Lobby and the Eros Foundation, a pornography advocacy group.
"Given what happens with R-rated films, we could have no confidence that the classification guidelines would be properly applied," said Jim Wallace, managing director of the Australian Christian Lobby. "For example, due to loopholes in the guidelines, real sex is sometimes being shown in R-rated films."
An Eros Foundation spokesman backed the Australian Christian Lobby's stance.
"We support the Australian Christian Lobby's point of view because we believe that there's too much violence out there and there are more pressing issues for the attorneys to consider, such as the regulation of the X-rated film industry," the Eros spokesman said.
The consultation has not been scheduled.
