Christian Fundamentalists Attempt To Ban Hotel Porn
Robert Paul Reyes
August 27, 2006
A hotel or a motel room is nothing but a big bedroom, where weary businessmen and lovers seek a few moments of rest or passion.
Porn movies are as ubiquitous as Gideon Bibles and tiny shampoo bottles in American hotel rooms.
To each his own; some folks unwind by reading a Gideon Bible as soon as they finish unpacking, others watch a porn flick as soon as they finish undressing.
Freedom of choice -- that's what makes America great and that's what makes the world go round. What a weary traveler does in the privacy of his bedroom is nobody's business but his own.
But some busybody fundamentalists can't accept the fact that some persons prefer Debbie Does Dallas to Jerry Falwell Does Lynchburg.
A coalition of 13 conservative groups, including the Family Research Council, took out full-page ads in USA Today urging the Justice Department and FBI to investigate whether the pay-per-view movies available in hotels and motels violate federal and state obscenity laws.
Porn movies may offend literate individuals who prefer more dialog and less acrobatics, but they do not violate any federal laws.
A husband and his wife, or a husband and his mistress, will want something a little bit more exciting than Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm to spice thing up during their evening of romance at the Shady Lady Motel.
Fundamentalists are fighting a losing battle; softcore porn is freely available on HBO and Cinemax and hardcore porn is just a click away on the Internet.
Don't these religious nuts have more pressing concerns? Don't they realize that there's a war in Iraq, famine in parts of Africa, and unemployment and lack of affordable health care here in America?
Porn movies are as ubiquitous as Gideon Bibles and tiny shampoo bottles in American hotel rooms.
To each his own; some folks unwind by reading a Gideon Bible as soon as they finish unpacking, others watch a porn flick as soon as they finish undressing.
Freedom of choice -- that's what makes America great and that's what makes the world go round. What a weary traveler does in the privacy of his bedroom is nobody's business but his own.
But some busybody fundamentalists can't accept the fact that some persons prefer Debbie Does Dallas to Jerry Falwell Does Lynchburg.
A coalition of 13 conservative groups, including the Family Research Council, took out full-page ads in USA Today urging the Justice Department and FBI to investigate whether the pay-per-view movies available in hotels and motels violate federal and state obscenity laws.
Porn movies may offend literate individuals who prefer more dialog and less acrobatics, but they do not violate any federal laws.
A husband and his wife, or a husband and his mistress, will want something a little bit more exciting than Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm to spice thing up during their evening of romance at the Shady Lady Motel.
Fundamentalists are fighting a losing battle; softcore porn is freely available on HBO and Cinemax and hardcore porn is just a click away on the Internet.
Don't these religious nuts have more pressing concerns? Don't they realize that there's a war in Iraq, famine in parts of Africa, and unemployment and lack of affordable health care here in America?
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