Never underestimate a Christian’s ability to distort facts:
Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff responded strongly today against a lawsuit that aims to dismantle a new state registry that protects children on the Internet. The Attorney General’s Office filed a motion to dismiss a complaint filed November 16 in federal court by the “Free Speech Coalition”-a front for the adult entertainment industry-challenging the constitutionality of Utah’s Child Protection Registry law.
“This lawsuit shows the pornographers true colors. They claim a ’right’ to market porn to adults, but by challenging our Child Protection Registry, they have proven their real intent to force smut on our children in our homes and schools,” says Shurtleff. “The state of Utah will vigorously defend the fundamental right of parents to keep porn out of their homes. The First Amendment does not allow pornographers to send materials to kids and parents who have expressly asked not to receive them.”
Utah’s Child Protection Registry went into effect on July 15, 2005. If an e-mail address has been registered for 30 days, the law forbids sending an electronic message that “advertises a product or service that a minor is prohibited by law from purchasing; or…contains or advertises material that is harmful to minors.” (http://www.le.state.ut.us/~code/TITLE13/13_26.htm)
So apparently, as per this Christian News and Media Agency, pornographers intend to force smut onto children.
Does this mean, then, that if you block a child’s address from these adult web sites that they will still be blocked until they reach a certain age? Does the un-blocking occur on the said child’s eighteenth birthday or is this something that has to be done manually? If it does have to be done manually, is it up to the parents to un-block the content? If so, how many parents would actually do this?
Why are Christians so concerned with pornography when there is so much more to be afraid of in this world? Perhaps they should support peace as much as the current Prime Minister of Canada who wishes to ban handguns. Just as it shouldn’t be considered anyone’s “God given right” to usurp all the natural gas resources on their Hummer, it should neither be anyone’s right to bear arms… especially if it causes danger to children.
Sure, you might be thinking “what is the harm in these Christian writers saying what they please?” Well, the problem is simple; mainstream media is refusing to speak out against the distorted news stories. The absence of editorials about how the religious right is distorting reality in order to push forward their agenda is giving credibility to those who should not be renowned as a valid news agency.
Now, I can understand why the American mainstream media might refrain from writing about the treachery of the President of the United States, but why aren’t they writing about the growing problem of misleading stories from Christian-run news agencies? Are they afraid of writing bad reviews of other media sources for fear of being discredited in return?
I’m sick of seeing newspapers publish editorials that are obviously written with an agenda in mind. How can we continue to trust mainstream media when they publish such utter rubbish? I challenge someone ‘credible’ to step up to the plate and write a story on this subject… it seems the only one willing to do something these days would be John Stewart, and he admits himself to be a comedian, not a reporter.
