Morality in Media and an assortment of other conservative organizations on Monday were asking President Bush to take a greater role in the government’s fight against porn.
Bob Peters, head of Morality in Media, wrote to Bush recently on behalf of several organizations, saying the proliferation of porn through the Internet and other technologies has made it difficult for the government to curb its spread through existing obscenity laws, according to the religious publication Agape Press.
Peters said in his letter to the president that even international agreements on obscene material were outdated and in need of reform to deal with the spread of pornography. He also reminded Bush of statements the president made about his concern about international porn spread through the Internet and its impact on U.S. citizens.
Peters told the president about recent polls indicating similar concerns about obscenity through the Internet in Muslim countries like Indonesia, Iran, Jordan, Kuwait and others.
“(The) Worldwide flood of commercialized obscenity is enslaving individuals, yong and old in sexual addiction… damaging marriages, contributing to sex crimes against children and adults... and debasing cultures,” he wrote.
Among the groups which endorsed the letter were Concerned Women of America, Coral Ridge Ministries, American Family Association, Focus on the Family, Traditional Values Coalition, Family Research Council and several others.
