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Photo of Robert W. Peters On Monday, May 19, pro-decency and pro-family organizations will hold a Prayer Breakfast and Conference at the National Press Club (Murrow Room) to call attention to U.S. Justice Department and FBI obscenity law enforcement policies that undermine Government’s ability to strengthen the family, protect children from pornography and curb sexual exploitation of children and sexual trafficking.   The Conference will be followed by an orderly demonstration at the Justice Dept. (950 Pennsylvania Ave., NW).  The Press are invited.  Speakers will be available for questions after the Conference and at the Demonstration. Robert Peters, President of Morality in Media had the following comments: “There is still time for the Bush Administration to make needed changes so that the Justice Department’s Obscenity Prosecution Task Force can begin to fulfill its vital mission.  That Task Force is now hampered by inadequate staffing, a Justice Department seemingly more afraid of losing an obscenity case than of losing the war against obscenity, an FBI policy that permits investigation of only the most extreme cases, U.S. Attorneys who won’t enforce obscenity laws. “We recognize that the Bush Administration has prosecuted more commercial distributors of hardcore ‘adult’ pornography than its predecessor. Read On

  
   
 
       
   

CRAWFORD, Texas  — The father of the bride beamed Sunday as he reported that his daughter and her new husband had the wedding every family hopes for. "Our little girl Jenna married a really good guy. The wedding was spectacular. It was all we could hope for," President Bush said as he and wife Laura left for Washington, D.C., from Texas, where their Crawford ranch served as the location for Jenna Bush and Henry Hager to wed a night earlier. "The weather cooperated nicely. Just as the vows were exchanged the sun set over our lake and it was just a special day and a wonderful day and we're mighty blessed," Bush said. Click here for a photo essay of the Bush-Hager wedding. The intensely private wedding between the younger Bush twin and the son of Virginia's former lieutenant governor was guarded by Secret Service, Texas State Troopers, a no-fly zone and a vehicle blockade. Jenna Bush wore an Oscar de la Renta gown made of organza. It had a small train, and according to the band leader, she wore no veil. Hager wore a dark blue suit and powder-blue tie as did the president. Laura Bush also dressed in a metallic blue cocktail-length gown while Jenna's big sister Barbara, the only bridesmaid, was decked out in a greek-style moonstone blue gown with a gold waistband. Jenna Bush Weds at President's Ranch | PHOTOS

 
 
   
   

NOW AND THEN - An increasing number of servicemen are confessing to pornography addictions and most government-run military base and post exchanges are only adding to the problem by selling it. In 1996, Congress enacted the Military Honor and Decency Act, which bans military stores from selling sexually explicit material, but according to Elaine Donnelly, president of the Center for Military Readiness, the act is not being enforced. "Congress is going to have to take a look at this," Donnelly said. "Certainly the Pentagon is going to have to enforce those rules. It's a matter of good order and discipline and not just a matter of religion or free speech. It's a matter that the military itself needs to be concerned about." Such concern is apparent among military chaplains like Father Mark Reilly, who recently returned from a Marine Corps tour in Iraq. "I don't think I've ever been confronted as much face-to-face with men and women -- in and out of confessional -- saying, 'I'm addicted to porn and I don't know how to get out of it,'" Reilly said. "They're looking for a life preserver. It's wrecking their marriages. Like any addiction, they lose control."News from Agape Press

  
   
 
 

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Centers for Decency is apart of a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization which encourages, motivates, educates, and equips the family and community in promoting reasonable values and attitudes relating to morality and decency  -- in understanding the harmful effects of pornography and obscenity on the family and community in a cultural war against family values. Centers for Decency, 1415 South Voss Road, Suite 110393, Houston, Texas 77057 or call 713.266.2715.