Campaigns Combating Pornography to Begin in October
by AFA Journal
October 5, 2006
(AgapePress) - - Parents, students, and pastors all have resources available to them in a campaign designed to increase public awareness of the harm done by exposure to pornography.Protection from Pornography Week and the White Ribbon Against Pornography (WRAP) Campaign begin October 29. The project is coordinated by Morality in Media.
At their website, MoralityInMedia.org, the group also offers resources including what the private citizen can do to combat pornography during Protection from Pornography Week, information on the WRAP Campaign, a quick primer on obscenity laws, and a model letter to the editor. Model sermons for porn awareness and a model proclamation observing the week are also there.
The WRAP Campaign website, WRAPfamily.com, notes that inappropriate sexual images -- often as innocuous as swimsuit or lingerie images -- can usher entry into pornography and sexual addiction, which can occur within a relatively short time (a week to three months, says WRAP). "Many parents and children/teens are not aware of the quickness of pornography addiction," says the website, noting that inappropriate images, which influence actions, cannot be "erased" from the mind.
"Children [and] teens need to abandon the 'everybody's seeing these things' mindset and be responsible for what goes into their minds," says WRAP.
Among other Internet safety tips for families, WRAP suggests a "crash and tell" arrangement in which children should feel comfortable in immediately turning off the computer after they encounter a bad experience and talking with a parent about that experience.
Morality in Media is a national, not-for-profit, interfaith organization established in 1962 to combat obscenity and uphold decency standards in the media. It maintains the National Obscenity Law Center, a clearinghouse of legal materials on obscenity law, and conducts public information programs to educate and involve concerned citizens.
Additional Resources:
Faithful and True Ministries -- Dr. Mark Laaser offers five-day intensive workshops for those struggling with sexual addictions.
Pure Life Ministries -- Premier ministry to those dealing with sexual sin or pornography addiction. Pure Life offers a 6- to 12-month live-in recovery program.
AFA Filter -- A powerful Internet filter developed by Bsafe and endorsed by the American Family Association.
The bulk of this article, printed with permission, appears in the October 2006 issue of AFA Journal, a monthly publication of the American Family Association.
