Just reading the headlines is enough to make you feel numb. Scan the “news feed” at familyfragments.com, and you’ll see what I mean: “Man Admits He Had Child Pornography” … “Child Sex Tourism Raises Its Head in India” … “Two Men Sentenced for Running International Pornography Business” … “Judge Sentences Porn Spammers to 5+ Years” … “Mom Awarded $85,000 for Daughters’ Exposure to Motel Porn” … “Police Arrest Man Accused of Raping Little Girl on Videotape.” That’s only a fraction of them, I’m afraid. The subject matter of these articles alone -- even without the grotesque details -- is enough to churn your stomach and make you want to turn away in disgust. But we can’t turn our backs on the fact that pornography -- photographic records of the abhorrent deeds described above -- is a monumental, pervasive problem in our modern, over-sexualized culture. We must fight back against the purveyors of smut -- and help the casual consumer understand that consumption of this vile material harms individuals and society as a whole. It’s a task that motivates many good pro-family groups -- groups that fight against a multi-billion-dollar industry that has successfully seduced a nation into buying and  selling human flesh. One wonderful group is the Lighted Candle Society, which runs familyfragments.com. Lighted Candle doesn’t simply collect news links. Its mission is to fight the producers and distributors of pornography and to finance scientific research into the addictive nature of porn. The group relies on the ground-breaking research of Dr. Judith Reisman, author of “Kinsey, Sex and Fraud.” And its trustees include a colleague of mine whose name you may recognize: Edwin Meese III  Read On

Televangelist Kenneth Copeland's request for an IRS audit is being called a "clever and deceptive" move. Ministry watchdog Warren Smith also believes the request is designed to distract from a Senate investigation into alleged financial misconduct by Copeland's prosperity gospel ministries. For the past few months, Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) has been asking for financial records from six televangelist ministries that have allegedly been using supporters' donations to fund lavish lifestyles. But one of the six -- Kenneth Copeland Ministries -- has refused to cooperate with the Senate Finance Committee probe because Copeland claims it threatens the First Amendment rights of his non-profit ministry. Copeland's church announced earlier this month that it would instead request a confidential IRS investigation into the ministry's financial integrity. However, Warren Smith of MinistryWatch.com notes that any information Copeland discloses to the IRS does not have to be released to the public -- and he argues that Copeland needs to be more transparent with the public and his donors. "By requesting an IRS audit, he's avoiding this openness to the public that we believe all Christian ministries should voluntarily submit to," Smith maintains. "Number two, when the IRS does an investigation of you, you basically get a 'get out of jail' card free for the next five years."Copeland, Sen. Grassley continue standoff

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