This is "White Ribbon Against Pornography" (WRAP) week when people put a white ribbon on their cars and homes to raise awareness of the pornography problem.
Bob Peters, president of Morality in Media -- the group that was instrumental in launching the week-long observance more than 20 years ago -- shares another objective of the grassroots movement. "[S]pecifically to get federal and state obscenity laws enforced," he states. "The white ribbon is intended to be a symbol of community standards of decency -- and part of the obscenity test that the Supreme Court enunciated many years ago involves application of community standards of decency." Peters is hopeful the observance will stir the hearts of participants. "My hope is that if we can get more people to do something once a year, that at least some of them will realize that they need to be doing things all year long," he says. And those things, he shares, are to take action locally on adult businesses, convince local governments to pass ordinances regulating the businesses, report obscenity to federal and state authorities, and educate the public. The WRAP campaign website offers resources for those who are interested in taking action. To report obscenity, go to ObscenityCrimes.org
Bob Peters, president of Morality in Media -- the group that was instrumental in launching the week-long observance more than 20 years ago -- shares another objective of the grassroots movement. "[S]pecifically to get federal and state obscenity laws enforced," he states. "The white ribbon is intended to be a symbol of community standards of decency -- and part of the obscenity test that the Supreme Court enunciated many years ago involves application of community standards of decency." Peters is hopeful the observance will stir the hearts of participants. "My hope is that if we can get more people to do something once a year, that at least some of them will realize that they need to be doing things all year long," he says. And those things, he shares, are to take action locally on adult businesses, convince local governments to pass ordinances regulating the businesses, report obscenity to federal and state authorities, and educate the public. The WRAP campaign website offers resources for those who are interested in taking action.
To report obscenity, go to ObscenityCrimes.org
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