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Mitt Romney rejects ‘undignified and inappropriate’ Family Leader pledge
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Tuesday rejected a “pro-marriage” pledge created by a conservative, Iowa-based Christian group that opposes same sex marriage, Sharia law and pornography, according to the Associated Press. A spokesperson said that while Romney “strongly supports traditional marriage,” the oath “contained references and provisions that were…
Rick Santorum signs pledge to ban same sex marriage and pornography
Rick Santorum has become the second Republican presidential candidate to sign a “pro-marriage” pledge vowing to fight against same sex marriage, Sharia law and pornography. “When I first read it, I was taken aback by it. I can’t argue that I wasn’t,” he told CNN on Sunday. Rep. Michele Bachmann…
Bachmann pledges to ban ‘all forms of pornography’
Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) became the first presidential candidate to sign a pledge created by The Family Leader, a conservative, Iowa-based Christian group that opposes same sex marriage, Sharia law and pornography. By signing the pledge (PDF), Bachmann vowed to support a constitutional amendment banning same sex marriage, as well…
Senator Grassley questions Justice Department over ‘serial viewer of porn’
Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) questioned Thursday why the Department of Justice did not take action against “an admitted serial viewer of pornography” who served as an Assistant United States Attorney even after the department’s Inspector General found at least one image of child pornography on the attorney’s work computer. Grassley,…
26 arrested in New York child porn investigation
NEW YORK (AFP) – Authorities have arrested 26 people for possession of videos and images depicting sexual assault of tens of thousands of children, New York District Attorney Cyrus Vance said. In a statement released Tuesday, the prosecutor said the arrests on charges of possession and promotion of child pornography…
Report: Porn found in Osama bin Laden’s hideout
The American commandos who killed Osama bin Laden found a “stash of pornography” in his hideout, U.S. officials told Reuters. The news agency reported that the “pornography recovered in bin Laden’s compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, consists of modern, electronically recorded video and is fairly extensive,” based on discussions with current…
Is AG Eric Holder ‘neglecting’ porn?
Often shoved under the mattress of social issues, conservative activists are making sure that pornography will take the center stage of political discussion. Holder quietly shut down the Justice Department’s Obscenity Prosecution Task Force recently. It was created in 2005 under President George W. Bush, to crack down on pornography.…
US government accidentally shuts down 84,000 websites during child porn raid
Approximately 84,000 websites were shut down and wrongfully accused of having links to child pornography as part of “Operation Protect Our Children,” a new joint operation between the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Department of Justice (DOJ). The DHS Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced Tuesday that it had…
UK plan to block online pornography ‘not possible,’ ISPs say
Plans to set up an online age verification scheme in the United Kingdom to limit access to pornography is not possible, according to Internet Service Providers (ISPs) in the country. Trefor Davies, chief technology officer at the ISP Timico, told BBC News that it is “technically not possible” to block…
Family group demands Florida’s governor-elect stop selling porn
A conservative Christian group wants Florida’s Republican governor-elect to stop selling “pornography” to Latinos. The Christian Family Coalition (CFC) is calling for Rick Scott to divest in the website QuePasa which has a partnership with Playboy Mexico. Scott reportedly owns shares of QuePasa worth about $6-8 million — nearly 15…
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