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Are we on the threshold of seeing hardcore porn on prime time TV? Very possibly so, if we follow the logic of New York Post columnist Jacob Sullum. On July 24, 2010 in a column entitled “The trouble with outlawing porn,” Jacob Sullum, supported two recent federal court decisions, one of which invalidated the FCC’s broadcast indecency law enforcement policy, and the other of which dismissed obscenity charges against a commercial distributor of hardcore pornography. Sullum said the cases “show that prohibiting vaguely defined categories of speech undermine the rule of law as well as freedom of expression.” Full article...

Facefwd.com <> The charges stemmed from an incident at a Philadelphia polling place on Election Day when three members of the party were accused of trying to threaten voters and block poll and campaign workers by the threat of force - one even brandishing what prosecutors call a deadly weapon. The three black panthers, Minister King Samir Shabazz, Malik Zulu Shabazz and Jerry Jackson were charged in a civil complaint in the last days of the Bush administration with violating the voter rights act by using coercion, threats and intimidation. Shabazz allegedly held a nightstick or baton that prosecutors said...

From DC indymedia UPDATE: 3:23PM, The Associated Press has confirmed the 2000th death. The action will be at 6PM Wednesday at the Memorial Bridge. DAWN will be making last minute plans tonight (including the possibility of a march following the action). We will post more details. We ask that you help us spread the word. Cindy Sheehan vigil at WH 12-8pm daily

Book Review of: Unholy Alliance: Radical Islam and the American Left, By David Horowitz, Regnery Publishing, Inc. 2004. 296 pp. The nature of political doublespeak never changes and its agenda is always the same: Obliteration of historical memory in the service of power…. Only a restored memory can demolish totalitarian myths and make men free. (David Horowitz, in Big Lies, Center for the Study of Popular Culture, 2005) At first sight, a merger of the secular political left and the Islamist radical believers is an anomaly. But this book carefully dissects the secret of their partnership: their shared hatred of...

One year ago, I wrote a piece exposing radical Islam within Florida Atlantic University (FAU). My goal was twofold: [1] to bring awareness concerning a growing problem within FAU [2] to push the university to take action so that this problem ceases to exist. Unfortunately, only the first part of my goal was accomplished, as FAU is continuing to allow radicals on its campus, the latest being this Saturday'S (Jan.22, 2005) return engagement of potential co-conspirator to the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center, Siraj Wahhaj. The Enemy Thrives at FAU In recent times, a fairly large list of...

On February 2, 2003, when seven-year-old Danielle van Dam disappeared from her family home in the middle of the night, every mother’s nightmare was played out on national television for almost a month while authorities searched for the girl. When Danielle’s body was found at the end of that month, the police and prosecutors discovered a frightening story about a neighbor of Danielle’s who had computer files filled with child pornography and even a sickening cartoon video of the rape of a young girl. According to a report by Robert Peters, president of Morality in Media, on the link between...

Exodus: Is It Time To Leave Public Schools Behind?Educational statistics and news stories throughout the nation point to the dismal state of affairs in our public schools. The academic performance of the vast majority of junior and senior high school students today does not equal that of students 100 years ago. A near omnipresent popular culture awash in increasingly graphic sexual content and violent material, results of the rising tide of pornography and obscenity that floods our society, has seeped into almost every corner of our society. Even our schools have been tainted, so much so that a broad array...

Duke University is hosting a Palestinian solidarity conference Friday organized by a group that refuses to condemn terrorism, urges the flooding of Israel with millions of Palestinian refugees to dissolve its Jewish character, and calls on the public to divest from Israel. The Palestinian Solidarity Movement, allied with the controversial International Solidarity Movement, an organization that openly supports Hamas and calls for the destruction of Israel, is holding its conference to "put pressure on the Israeli government, partly by urging universities to sell their stock in companies with military ties to Israel."

Obscenity is not encompassed within the phrases "freedom of speech" or "freedom of the press." There is no constitutional protection for obscenity, federal or state. Since this is so, Congress and the state legislative bodies may adopt laws to proscribe and punish those who manufacture, distribute, exhibit, or advertise obscene materials. Since no inroads are made by such legislation on protected speech, it is not necessary to look for a "clear and present danger"; nor even is it required to find a "compelling" or "substantial" federal or state interest to justify such laws. Unless the one challenging such laws can...

Morality in Media President Comments on Porn Performer with AIDS Story 4/16/2004 3:23:00 PM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To: National Desk Contact: Patrick McGrath of Morality in Media, 212-870-3217 or mim@moralityinmedia.org, Web site: http://www.moralityinmedia.org or http://www.obscenitycrimes.org NEW YORK, April 16 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Robert Peters, president of Morality in Media, made the following comments in response to an AP story today reporting that a male performer in the Los Angeles-based porn industry tested positive for the AIDS virus and that one of about a dozen women he had sex with also tested positive. The story indicated that the last industry HIV scare...

Morality in Media Report Ties Violent Sex Crimes to Hardcore Pornography 3/24/2004 8:33:00 AM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To: National Desk, Media Reporter Contact: Patrick McGrath of Morality in Media, 212-870-3217, Web sites: http://www.moralityinmedia.org or http://www.obscenitycrimes.org NEW YORK, March 24 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Evidence of a "causal connection" between pornography and violent sex crimes has been compiled in an article just posted to http://www.obscenitycrimes.org, a Web site of Morality in Media. The article can be found at this URL: http://www.obscenitycrimes.org/news/Porn-Crime-Link-RWP.cfm Robert Peters, president of MIM and author of the article, commented: "At a time when some commentators in the media are saying...

Finally, Broadcast Network TV Is No Longer above the Law that Prohibits Indecent or Profane Language, Says Morality in Media 3/19/2004 1:14:00 PM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To: National Desk Contact: Patrick McGrath of Morality in Media, 212-870-3217, Web: http://www.moralityinmedia.org NEW YORK, March 19 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Robert W. Peters, president of Morality in Media, Inc., issued the following comments in response to the Federal Communications Commission's order issued yesterday declaring that the live broadcast of the phrase "f---ing brilliant" during the 2003 Golden Globes Awards "violated the statutory prohibitions on indecency and profanity." "To my knowledge, this the first time in...

Morality in Media Thanks President Bush for Issuing Proclamation for 'Protection From Pornography Week' 10/27/03 1:22:00 PM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To: National Desk, Media Reporter Contact: Patrick McGrath of Morality in Media, 212-870-3217; e-mail: mim@moralityinmedia.org; Web site: http://www.moralityinmedia.org NEW YORK, Oct. 27 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Morality in Media President Robert W. Peters issued the following statement on Saturday's issuance by President George W. Bush of a Proclamation marking PROTECTION FROM PORNOGRAPHY WEEK, Oct. 26 through Nov. 2, 2003: "On behalf of the 120 leaders who co-signed Morality in Media's letter to President Bush, asking him to speak out about the proliferation...

Morality in Media: FOX's Fake 'Skin' -- In Reality, Hardcore Pornography Business is Debased and Illegal 10/20/03 4:54:00 PM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To: National Desk Contact: Patrick McGrath of Morality in Media, 212-870-3217; http://www.moralityinmedia.org NEW YORK, Oct. 20 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Robert Peters, president of Morality in Media, had the following comments in response to tonight's launch of "Skin" on FOX TV Entertainment: "'Skin' pits a Los Angeles-based hardcore pornographer against a Los Angeles District Attorney charged with enforcing state laws against obscenity and child pornography. "According to TV critics who have seen the program pilot (see, e.g., Frank Rich, 'Finally,...

Contrary to What Some May Think, War Against Illegal Obscenity is Far From Over, Says Morality in Media 7/28/03 2:40:00 PM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To: National Desk Contact: Morality in Media, 212-870-3222; e-mail: mim@moralityinmedia.org Web: http://www.moralityinmedia.org NEW YORK, July 28 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Robert Peters, president of Morality in Media had the following comments in response to Frank Rich's article, "Finally, Porn Does Prime Time," which appeared in Sunday's (July 27) New York Times: "'We've come a long way, baby,' bubbled Frank Rich, a fountainhead of moral wisdom at the New York Times, in his 'Finally, Porn Does Prime Time.' 'But...