Posted on 06/08/2005 7:39:02 PM PDT by wagglebee
Mary Carey, the buxom porn star slated to dine with President Bush at a GOP fund-raiser Tuesday, says despite her racy occupation, she's still a Christian, and has her own aspirations of winning the presidency in the future.
"I read the Bible and pray every night," Carey told WorldNetDaily in an exclusive interview.
The 24-year-old actress will accompany her boss, pornographer Mark Kulkis of Kick A-- Pictures, at "The 2005 President's Dinner and Salute to Freedom," costing $2,500 a plate and hosted by the National Republican Congressional Committee.
"We're not the freakish demons people make us out to be," said Kulkis. "I'm not a creep with a coke spoon around his neck. I'm a regular guy."
But the idea of the president of the United States rubbing elbows with pornographers is shocking to some, including Rev. Don Wildmon, chairman of the American Family Association.
"The reason these people are doing this is for publicity and to embarrass Bush," Wildmon told WND. "I think the Republicans can survive this, but they need to go public with an explanation. They need to exclude them or withdraw the invitation. Just doing nothing is the worst thing they can do."
Having just received her plane ticket from Los Angeles to the nation's capital, Carey said she's excited about the possibility of speaking personally with the commander in chief.
"It would be an honor to meet him," she said. "I'd like to talk to him about issues like freedom of speech and the crackdown on the adult industry. Maybe he can give me some political pointers."
The actress says it's among her dreams to eventually become president, and that's why she's getting involved in politics now.
She previously ran for California governor among a large number of serious and not-serious candidates in the wake of the recall of Gov. Gray Davis, resulting in the election of actor Arnold Schwarzenegger. She's currently considering another bid, deciding whether to run for governor or lieutenant governor, where she says she might have a better shot at victory.
"People can relate to me," she said. "I come from a middle-class household and I'm very friendly."
Carey, whose real name is Mary Ellen Cook, says she was named after the Mary Ellen character on "The Waltons" TV show. Born in Cleveland, she was raised in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., studied theater in college, and worked jobs in restaurants before trying stripping and then making the decision to enter the world of celluloid sex.
"I kind of wanted to be a porn star," she said. "I wasn't raped or abused."
With a Lutheran grandmother, Carey says she attended church regularly until the age of 12, and still considers herself a Christian in spite of her occupation.
"I probably have less sex with those guys than any college girl [typically has]. It doesn't make me less moral," she said. "I'm sure a lot of Christians have had sex before marriage. God reads my heart. I'm a good person. ... I think I have more morals than the politicians in office. I don't rob, steal, hurt, or lie – a lot of politicians do that."
When asked about Bible verses condemning adultery, she responded, "Bill Clinton committed adultery. [Doing] adult movies is acting, portraying a role. It's not Mary Ellen Cook, the real me."
She maintains pornographic movies don't harm anyone, and are beneficial in a way, providing safe fantasies for the "lonely" public.
Last month, the actress was among five people arrested at a new strip club in a suburb of Tacoma, Wash. All were accused of violating the local adult-cabaret ordinance, some by getting too close to customers and others – including Carey – by touching themselves in a sexual manner, according to the Associated Press.
Kulkis, 40, says he'll be representing the $10 billion porn industry as well as his own company at the fund-raiser. A native of Michigan, the English literature major turned pornographer says he'd be surprised, disappointed and upset if he were somehow turned away, but he doesn't expect that to happen.
"I have good intentions," he said. "We're not out to corrupt the country. ... You can be faithful to your wife and still enjoy adult movies."
Kulkis has mixed feelings about Bush, describing himself as a fiscal conservative and social liberal. He also notes the trend of pornography becoming more prevalent and accepted in American society.
"Let's face it," he said. "You had [hard-core porn actress] Jenna Jameson's book on the New York Times best-seller list for weeks. Porn now is pretty mainstream."
WorldNetDaily readers have a wide variety of views about the upcoming dinner:
* "The Republican tent is broad and needs to cover all people – even those with views and lifestyles with which we disagree." (Thomas R. Moore)
* "It hurts for self-respecting citizens to watch their leaders play the fool for influence ... Let's not let those who abuse their bodies, and our children's future, buy a voice in this administration." (K.R.)
* "Mr. Bush brings many virtues to his job. But, he refuses to lead on important moral issues. When Janet Jackson outraged Super Bowl viewers, he professed to be asleep and ducked the issue. ... [T]here is a vacuum of leadership on issues important to this country. Yes, Mr. Bush can and should speak to the issue." (David Wallace)
* "Look how far the Republican Party has come in just two decades: from Reagan's Commission on Pornography, under then-Attorney-general Edwin Meese in 1985, to today, porn stars invited to a White House fund-raising gala. The leadership of the Republican Party has lost its mind." (Brian Hudgins)
* "Basically politicians are prostitutes anyway. Why should there be a problem associating with porn stars and entrepreneurs?" (Ken Zwick)
* "If you stop and think about it, you can see where Bush might be her hero. I can't think of anyone who has screwed more people in such a short period of time. Especially the veterans." (Fred Perry)
* "Why wouldn't they use porn stars at a fund-raiser? Porn stars are about 10 steps above politicians. At least they are honest about what they do. The real question is why would the porn stars want to degrade themselves?" (Bob Bolton)
I need to get off this thread. My wife thinks I'M looking at porn.
"Having just received her plane ticket from Los Angeles to the nation's capital..."
I've never wanted to be a airport security officer before...
I'm going to agree with you here. If he was inviting her to his own house it would be improper, but she is invited to the White House...which belongs to all of us...it's a public place.
We are all commanded to be witnesses and to share the Gospel...Dubya included. This is a perfect opportunity for him to share the Word.
Amen. Dubya would make an awesome preacher.
"Get in line. No cuts."
"I go first dammit!"
Mary has heard this arguement before.
Nothing wrong with it.
But let's remember this passage is telling Christians how to deal with those WITHIN the congregation who openly sin and revel in it.
I can't imagine any REAL Church accepting or associating with a well known, practicing porn star as a member of their congregation.
Go back to DU, where you members of the PAGAN LEFT belong.
"... paging Wilbur Mills , your Good Time is waiting in the limo..."
I'm pretty sure she can handle a long line too, I just don't want "seconds."
sin - we are all sinners - no such thing as severity of sin with God - sin is sin. BUT Christians do not choose a sinful lifestyle, and then, DEFEND IT!
She can do whatever she wants - and I DID NOT condemn her - she is condemning herself.
However, God tells us "you will know them by their fruits." And I stand on that. I never said anything about ultimate salvation - what she does in the future is up to her - another choice of her's.
When Christians (those that follow the Lord and does HIS WILL and not what we choose) - sin, they know it, the HOLY SPIRIT convicts them and they repent. She enjoys her sinful lifestyle. Big difference. She is not living a Christian lifestyle.
If you don't get that, you don't get it. That's all.
But I will point out in case there are non-Christians reading and think that her lifestyle is acceptable to God. It is not. She can pray and read the bible all she wants, that does not make a person a Christian.
I've thought about that one. No where in the Bible did I ever see Jesus invite sinners to his home. He always went to their home. I guess you could argue that the White House is more than a public place and it would be like inviting her to All of OUR homes, but I'm sort of an optimistic one.
If I were Dubya I would share the Gospel and I would do it for His glory.
"Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven" - Luke 6:37
"For what have I to do with judging those outside? Is it not those who are inside that you are to judge? God will judge those outside. "Drive out the wicked person from among you." - Corinthians 1:12-13 (Curtesy of Dave Tesla)
One can justify just about anything from Biblical verses. The verses on chooses for any particular situation tell far more about the individual making the choices than about God's intentions.
Sure, sin is sin but there IS "such thing as severity of sin with God".
We know this because God pronounces more severe penalties for more severe sins in the Bible.
BUT Christians do not choose a sinful lifestyle, and then, DEFEND IT!
Christians are quite capable of choosing to sin and then defending it.
Look at some of the sins committed by men of God in the Bible, and how they tried to defend themselves before repenting.
The New Testament is full of warnings to Christians about sin, precisely because they are capable of such things.
The idea is balance the scriptures to match God's overall intentions, instead of pulling them out of context for our own purposes.
And it isn't too difficult to see who is seeking God's true message and who is not if one has a fair knowledge of the Bible.
So if I see you do something habitually that is sin (gossip, pride, boasting, gluttony etc) I can safely make the judgment that you are unrepentant and therefore not a Christian.
She enjoys her sinful lifestyle. Big difference.
What person, Christian or non-Christian doesn't enjoy a particular vice they are involved with?
She is not living a Christian lifestyle.
I said the same thing in my post. We can judge what fits a Christian lifestyle. But we cannot with all certainty judge the person as non-Christian in their heart.
No but you can't allow the truth to obstruct a Moral Crusade
Why would I--conservative atheist--want to go to where more of you theosocialists hang out, loving to self-righteously tell others how you want to run their lives?
Well, okay...some of those pagan chicks can be a blast, especially dancing nekkid in the moonlight...
</sarc>
I am curious where it is, Biblically, that people justify condemning this woman. I'm curious how much of our lines of morality come from current social mores, and not from actual Biblical directives. Is it purely from Paul's discussion of better to marry than to burn? Unfortunately, I can't seem to get answers...though I have learned how there were many saints, ancestors of Jesus, etc., were adulterers.
What do you mean she didn't? I have the video right on my puter, and she did, indeed, joke about the President trying to "milk" a male horse.
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