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The Porn Plague
By John W. Kennedy | April 30, 2009
A reader contacted me the other day, upset that she had discovered a DVD outlet in her town rented a plethora of pornographic movies. She complained to the store, the district manager and even the police, but to no avail. Lawmakers have so sanitized “adult” content these days that it’s an exception for a city not to allow it.
The woman said she was contemplating a public picket at the store. The problem is in our culture not many people consider such material harmful anymore. Go to the Cineplex, turn on the television, listen to the radio and soon you will see and hear lewd content. Porn has gone mainstream, and few are protesting.
I replied to the woman that I had a similar culture shock a decade ago when I visited the same video rental chain. While purporting to be a family-minded business, I discovered the store had a separate room with dozens of porn movies. I had written a letter to the national headquarters signaling my intention never to set foot in the store again. I didn’t receive a reply.
Apparently there haven’t been enough people like me to stay away, because the company hasn’t changed its policy. It still is in the business of checking out plenty of erotic material.
The woman who wrote to me is upset because she says porn nearly destroyed her marriage. That’s not an uncommon problem, even in Christian homes. And it’s bound to get worse. For porn not only is available now on DVDs, but also on cable TV, the Internet and even cell phones. How desensitized will today’s teenagers be a decade from now?
For our society to change we need more people such as the woman who contacted me wanting to take action. If Christians remain silent, our society will only deteriorate further.
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