The Minneapolis Librarians suing the public library regarding pornography is mentioned in this press release. I've been to Central Library a lot of times, and I've never seen the behavior mentioned. The Minnesota Family Council is affiliated with the Family Research Council. The CIPA is just another top down un-funded federal mandate. In this case, it's not going to be particularly effective at what it purports to do. School Board and Library Board Candidates -- for the folks who haven't mentioned what their thoughts about Internet Filters, I'd be interested in hearing your take on it. Eva Eva Young Minneapolis, MN >http://www.frc.org/press/index.cfm?get=recent&id=P01E02 > >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------- > >FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 2, 2001 >CONTACT:Kristin Hansen, (202) 393-2100 >FOR RADIO:Kelly Green > >* * * May is Victims of Pornography Month * * * > >FAMILY GROUPS RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT THE >DANGERS OF PORNOGRAPHY > >Washington, D.C. -- Family Research Council (FRC) joined >with a coalition of pro-family groups, experts, lawmakers >and pornography victims in Washington Wednesday to speak out >about the dangers of pornography during Victims of >Pornography Month. Speakers included Rep. Steve Largent (R- >Okla.), Rep. Jim Ryun (R-Kan.), FRC's Jan LaRue, Wendy >Wright from Concerned Women for America and Bob Peters of >Morality in Media. Testimony was given by victims of >pornography, including a woman who appeared in pornographic >publications as a child and was used as a child prostitute, >and the therapist of a 9-year old boy who abused another >child after viewing porn. FRC'S senior director of Legal >Studies, Jan LaRue testified about librarians, the latest >victims of pornography: > >"There are librarians across America, who work in libraries >where hard-core porn is turning their workplace into a >cesspool. Men, sexually aroused as a result of looking at >porn, engage in lewd conduct. Ask Laura Morgan, a librarian >at the Chicago Public Library, who won't take her own >children to the library because, as Laura described it, her >library has become a dirty peep show booth. Young boys are >asking librarians to help them find pictures of naked women. >Ask Heidi Borton, a former librarian in King County, >Washington, who quit her job after ten years because her >conscience would no longer permit her to help little boys >find porn. To work in such a library is to work in a >hostile environment. Ask Wendy Adamson and the librarians >at the Minneapolis Library who've joined Wendy in filing a >complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission >because of what the presence of porn has done to their >workplace. All of the librarians across the county who >identify with the problem need to take back their libraries. >Librarians, don't be a victim of porn." > >Currently, there are two prominent pornography cases before >the courts. The Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA) >requires schools and libraries to install filters on all >federally-funded computers or on Internet access available >to children. The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a >lawsuit to block the law from taking effect. In the case of >Ashcroft v. Free Speech Coalition, FRC has filed a friend- >of-the-court brief to the U.S. Supreme Court to defend the >"virtual child porn" law. The Ninth Circuit Court has >declared the statute unconstitutional as applied to computer >generated images of child sex. > >FRC is urging the Justice Department to step up enforcement >of obscenity laws, especially during May, Victims of >Pornography Month. > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------- >You are currently subscribed to press as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To remove the above address from this list, please reply to this >message or call our order line at 1-800-225-4008. >Family Research Council is located at 801 G Street, N.W., >Washington, D.C. 20001 >Phone: 202-393-2100 >Fax: 202-393-2134 >http://www.frc.org > > > _______________________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - Minnesota E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
