The National Coalition for the Protection of Children and Families (NCPCF) is spearheading a petition calling for grand jury investigations of over 30 adult businesses in Kansas and Missouri. According to a NCPCF press release, the anti-porn group's executive director Philip Cosby has collected between 17,000 and 20,000 signatures in the campaign, which charges sex shops in six counties with "promoting obscenity.".
Cosby, who has had some success in petitioning for pornography-related grand jury investigations in the past, hopes to challenge adult businesses under Kansas City's community standard for obscenity. The petitions would be the first step in calling a grand jury, which would then determine if that standard has been violated.
Cosby told the Associated Press that 84 church congregations are supporting the campaign. Local pastors plan to submit the signatures to six county courthouses on May 17.
