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KAREN KRISTOPHER -- Founder of the Houston Area Association In battling the illegal pornography, Kristopher has generally educated, equipped, and motivated the family and community with traditional family values in morality and decency. Karen has defended the family and battled pornography in some very interesting ways. Mrs. Kristopher has given hundreds of speeches promoting morality and decency, by educating, motivating, and equipping communities against pornography, or obscenity, while her stand against pornography, includes her political race for Justice of the Peace, and Houston City Council, twice when she defended herself against the lovers of pornography. A movie-offer is pending as she finishes her book, DOUBLE CROSSED -- "When the Lovers of Pornography Came After Me"- but for God. www.DoubleCrossed.org. Scheduling speakers info@HaaDecency.org and 713-266-2715. The conversation started out, "Will you do something about the sex businesses, immorality and obscenity?" As additional names were sought on my application for the ballot in a Justice of the Peace race, the westside constituents demanded that my campaign -- address the daily pit-stops at the topless bars for some of our men, molestation, rape, and cultural war against the family and community. In l995, I didn't know much about the topless bars, the sex businesses, or the underground crime that supported immorality in Houston, but I went forward for the sake of morality and decency during my first election. Anyway, I needed votes and media attention to do it. And besides, the attention, the Houston City Ordinance regarding the SOBs was drafted in 1995, and passed in 1997 with our group's participation while the topless bars appealed it until April 17, 2007, when the 1500 foot rule was implemented by the City of Houston. Since l995, the Houston Chronicle wrote political articles advising the voters on the westside, that Kristopher was a "MORALITY ACTIVITIST." As her two daughters went off to college, leaving more time to be adventurous, the liberal press had a field day -- at times with the three political campaigns and extra curricula events. Residents get tough with topless clubs Houston City Ordinance The City Ordinance is also supported by conservatives such as Republican Council member Martha Wong, and City Council candidate Karen Kristopher equates topless bars with pornography. During a City Council hearing last January she stated: "I am asking you to take a hard stand. You have few people here to oppose this ordinance except for males who attend topless bars to satisfy their addiction to pornography." HOUSTON TOPLESS DANCER SURVEY "The guy in the blue Volvo had one of those rubbery, expressive faces. "You gonna take my picture?" he hollered, sounding a De Niro-ish mixture of invitation and threat as he leaned through the open window on the passenger side. It was a moot question. Karen Kay Kristopher, who was standing on the sidewalk near the parking lot entrance of The Men's Club, had already hoisted her Nikon One Touch to eye level and fired. The guy in the blue Volvo leaned farther out the window and belatedly mugged for the camera before cussing Kristopher and giving her the finger. As the Volvo wheeled away, he extended the same farewell to Kristopher's video camera-toting companion, who was stationed out on the median of the 3300 block of Sage. Karen Kay Kristopher was unmoved. She'd already been planted in front of The Men's Club for more than an hour, and in that time, she figured, she had elicited 20 or so other upraised middle fingers," wrote the Houston Press in February l996.
While the Houston Business Journal wrote June 1996 -- Almost at the same time, a fax addressed to Media, Churches, Bible Studies was sent on behalf of "Operation Shutdown" Topless bars get put on the spot announcing a camera shoot at the new Treasures bar. This message from Karen Kay Kristopher requested prayers for protection "as we stand against this latest addition of the topless sex bars in Houston." The group's aim was to "take pictures of the men entering and leaving these Sexually Oriented Businesses" and to "write letters to the companies servicing them, contact the Convention Bureau and other institutions for assistance in stopping the destruction of our families." Taking pictures of people without their permission is Will teams of angry citizens armed with audio and video equipment promote the cause of justice, or will they simply provoke dangerous confrontations among people who disagree? It's a question that may be answered in Houston's immediate future. Running for political office certainly had become too exciting, as our camera crews visited the "Hub" of the topless bar industry in the Galleria before my first election. What a fast source of education in the world of pornography and obscenity. Our beginnings of addressing the addiction for pornography and obscenity were shared at each political gathering of candidates who presented their issues before the voter's listening ears -- soaking-up every word. The voting crowds cheered and clapped that someone would dare to do something against pornography or immorality in Houston. Topless bar, after topless bar customer in their cars were photographed by our groups. Positioning the cameras just right to capture their face and license plate number kept us busy in this early dangerous endeavor. The TV stations wanted the list of names of those visiting the topless bars and their pictures. Should the archives of information be handed to the media before my elections? For a complete written thriller buy the book being finished, DOUBLE CROSSED, "When the Lovers of Pornography came After Me", or see the movie. After three elections, getting the pornography out of the courthouse, Some early projects
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an aggressive, sometimes threatening act, but it is a nonviolent activity. Citizens' videos have served as crucial evidence in recent celebrated police brutality cases. 
suing individuals and several topless bars, speaking engagements, work-on SOB city ordinance, engaging action groups, defending ourselves from the attacks from the lovers of pornography and obscenity, our volunteer group "OPERATION SHUTDOWN" became Alleluia Ministries organizing the Houston Area Association for Decency, and then, Centers for Decency, headquartered in Houston, Texas. Since l979, our 'research projects' were used to update and fine-tune our approach in limiting the addiction for pornography and promoting family values.