Friday, May 9, 2008

NEWS RELEASE

'It's Obscene!'

WASHINGTON, May 9 /Christian Newswire/ -- Pornography continues to pollute our nation, filling the shelves of "adult" stores with raunchy DVDs and videos, and saturating our TVs and Internet with filth. The U.S. Department of Justice's Obscenity Prosecution Task Force needs to crack down and enforce our federal obscenity laws with vigor.

WHAT:
Speeches/Press Conference against Illegal Obscenity

DATE:
Monday, May 19th

TIME:
9:00 a.m.

WHERE:
National Press Club
529 14th Street, NW
13th Floor, Murrow Room

Prominent Pro-Family and Pro-Decency speakers will gather on Monday, May 19, for a conference against pornography. A prayer breakfast will begin the day's event at the National Press Club. Speakers will be available for questions following the scheduled presentations, and individuals will join together for an orderly demonstration at the U.S. Department of Justice.

Speakers for the event include:
Wendy Wright, President of Concerned Women for America (CWA)
Dr. Janice Shaw Crouse, Director and Senior Fellow of CWA's Beverly LaHaye Institute
Ted Baehr, President of the Christian Film & TV Commission
Larry Cirignano, Founder of CatholicVote.org
Brad Curl, President of Athletes & Business for Kids
Bill Johnson, President of the American Decency Association
Rabbi Yehuda Levin, Spokesman for the Rabbinical Alliance of America
Mike McManus, Co-Founder of Marriage Savers
Robert Peters, President of Morality in Media
Maureen Proctor, President of the Family Leader Network
Cathy Ruse, Senior Fellow (Legal Studies) at the Family Research Council
Sarah Seitz, Esq., of Liberty Counsel
Arthur Taylor, Past President of CBS, Inc.
Pat Trueman, former Chief, U.S. Justice Department's Child Exploitation & Obscenity Section
Daniel Weiss, Senior Analyst for Media & Sexuality at Focus on the Family
Ralph Yarro, Founder of the CP80 Foundation

Please join us as we ask the Department of Justice's Obscenity Prosecution Task Force to fulfill its mission in protecting our families, women and children from obscenity.

Concerned Women for America is the nation's largest public policy women's organization.

http://www.cwfa.org/about.asp