Message from “Morality in Media” President Robert Peters
October 26, 2010 by admin
Filed under Blog, cultural manliness, Faith, manliness, pornography, Virtue
Today, the President of Morality in Media, Inc., shared in a press release what White Ribbons Against Pornography Week (WRAP Week) can do in a community and across the country. For information on what TrueManhood and The King’s Men are doing for WRAP Week, visit “The Fight” on TrueManhood.com and www.TheKingsMen.org.
Annual WRAP Week a reminder that citizens are not helpless to fight back against the proliferation of hardcore adult pornography
This year’s White Ribbon Against Pornography (WRAP) Week will run Sunday, October 31, through Sunday, November 7. The primary goal of the annual WRAP Week is to heighten public awareness of the harms associated with pornography and the need to enforce obscenity laws to curb the proliferation of hardcore adult pornography online and elsewhere.
WRAP Week began with one woman in Butler, Pennsylvania, in 1987. Norma Norris heard the pastor of her Catholic parish lament that prosecutors and law enforcement agencies acted as if people didn’t care about the hardcore pornography being sold in their communities. Norma looked at the people in her church and said, “That can’t be; they’re here!” The idea of a white ribbon as a symbol of community standards of decency came to her and a movement was born.
Robert Peters, President of Morality in Media, had the following comments:
In 1987, the same year that Norma Norris launched the White Ribbon Against Pornography Campaign in Butler, Pennsylvania, U.S. Attorney General Edwin Meese announced in Washington, D.C. the formation of a National Obscenity Enforcement Unit to combat the flood of “mail porn” and “video porn” that was then pouring into American homes and communities.
Back then, defenders of hardcore adult pornography said that the widespread availability of this material was proof that the average American was no longer offended by it and that obscenity laws were no longer enforceable because to be “obscene,” sexual material must depict hardcore sexual conduct in a “patently offensive” manner as measured by “contemporary community standards.”
Between 1987 and 1993, the U.S. Justice Department proved its critics wrong, winning one obscenity case after another and prompting John Weston, an attorney who represented hardcore pornographers, to describe the crackdown on Los Angeles area businesses as “a holocaust.”
Today, defenders of hardcore adult pornography are still saying that widespread availability of this material is proof that the average American is not offended by it; and undoubtedly there is growing acceptance of hardcore adult pornography, particularly among young males who are hooked on it.
But as the Supreme Court observed in Hamling v. United States, the mere fact that pornographic materials are available in a community does not “make them witnesses of virtue;” and in October 2009, Morality in Media commissioned Harris Interactive to ask two questions in a national survey about pornography, with the following results: Overall, 76% of U.S. adults disagreed that “viewing hardcore adult pornography on the Internet is morally acceptable” and 74% disagreed that “viewing hardcore adult pornography on the Internet provides, generally, harmless entertainment.”
To their credit, the Supreme Court has repeatedly held that the First Amendment does not protect obscene materials, and Congress has repeatedly updated and strengthened federal obscenity laws. What our nation now needs is vigorous enforcement of these laws by the Justice Department.
By displaying white ribbons and taking other steps, including writing to members of Congress and making complaints to local U.S. Attorney and FBI offices, citizens can express their opposition to the proliferation of hardcore adult pornography and in support of our nation’s obscenity laws.
More information about WRAP Week and what citizens can do to fight back against pornography is available at www.moralityinmedia.org (WRAP Campaign) or by calling 212-870-3210.
Men’s Formation Groups
October 25, 2010 by admin
Filed under Blog, cultural manliness, Faith, manliness, pornography, Virtue
Interested in joining a men’s formation group? Sometimes they are referred to as a “small group”. (If you are interested, I can connect you with a group in your area or teach you how to start one on your own.)
If you are in the Colorado Springs area, a new group will be meeting weekly. Any man is welcome to join, at anytime. The format of the meetings follows the highly tested and proven model created by The King’s Men. No matter what stage of life a man is in, no matter his education or experience, no matter his marital status or career, a formation group is good for every man. A small formation group is intended to be multifaceted. Men may experience some or all of the following from being in a small group: friendship, accountability, challenge, spiritual fortitude, fraternity, strength, encouragement, purpose, virtue!
The meetings typically go something like this:
- Group prayer – the Rosary is suggested. 15-20 minutes.
- Discussion based on a masculine resource. 30-45 minutes. (Masculine resources might be “Boys to Men: The Transforming Power of Virtue”, “Be a Man!”, an encyclical/papal letter, “Signposts” or something similar.) The discussion time is facilitated by a leader and kept on-time by the time keeper. The discussion is not a “teaching moment”, but a formation moment where each man has time to share if he so desires.
- The 4-Cs. Commit, Confess, Challenge, Confirm. Each week, each man makes a commitment to something he is going to do over the next week. The next week, he comes back and “confesses” how he did with his commitment. This process continues each week. If a man needs to be challenged, another man may do so. If a man deserves to be confirmed, another man may do so. 30 minutes.
- Closing prayer, including each man’s intentions. 5 minutes.
- Total meeting should be 1.5 hrs or less.
Groups should be kept to no more than 10-12 men. Once a group grows too large, it should be split into two separate groups. This is done so that each man has the ability to share, seek guidance, be formed and grow personally. If a group is too large, it stifles men’s ability to grow.
For more information on formation groups, especially the Colorado Springs group, contact me at Dave@TheKingsMen.org.
“Blood Money” – The Evils of Abortion
October 25, 2010 by admin
Filed under Blog, Faith, Fatherhood, For Women, pornography, Virtue
I’ve posted about “Blood Money” before. “Blood Money” is a documentary film exploiting and exposing Planned Parenthood and the entire abortion industry. This film is powerful and I highly encourage everyone to watch it. The trailer is below and hopefully will help encourage you to not only watch the film, but also to do something about ending abortion. I watched the film tonight with my wife and about one hundred other people from the local area. The film is suitable for children of an appropriate age – the film does not use gruesome or graphic photos of aborted babies, but does graphically speak about abortions and the reality of what happens behind the murder-mill doors.
The pro-life fight only has two sides: one side FOR LIFE, the other side AGAINST LIFE. There is no in-between. Where do you stand on this issue? “For I wish that you were either hot or cold, but because you are lukewarm, I will spit you out of my mouth.” (Rev. 3:15b-16.)
Men – abortion is not a “women-only” issue, it is a real issue for everyone to get involved with. We as leaders must stand up for the injustice that abortion does to women and without question, against the unborn child (a human being) that is living inside its mother’s womb.
Watch the trailer, if you can’t view it, click HERE.
TrueMan up!
Out of the Darkness
There’s a new documentary film coming out in 2011 called “Out of the Darkness”. The film is about the pornography industry and the story of a former pornstar named Shelley Lubben. Shelley shares the hard-to-hear truths about the industry and how it is affecting the women involved.
Mark Houck, Co-Founder of The King’s Men, is featured in the documentary. Here’s the trailer. If you can’t view the video below, click HERE.
Out of the Darkness Trailer from Anteroom Pictures on Vimeo.
“In the sex industry, every single day was traumatic…” – Shelley Lubben. Find out more about Shelley HERE.
We have to do something about this.
TrueMan up!
The Power of One
October 20, 2010 by admin
Filed under Blog, cultural manliness, Faith, manliness, Military, pornography, Virtue
The following story, written by a website writer, is very disturbing and I hesitate to include it on my website simply because I do not know enough about the topic to speak to it specifically. What I will write about is the power of one man. As you will read in the linked articles below, Alfred Kinsey had incredible power and influence. His power and influence continue to this day and have [negatively] shaped the culture and specifically, the view of sex, sexuality and morality.
I write to share this thought… you, as one man, have an incredible opportunity to influence! Your scope of influence may be one other person, or it may be the entire society! If Kinsey, just one man, could influence an entire society, for over sixty years, just imagine what you might be able to do. But, you can’t do it sitting at your computer alone – you must get to work! Do something! If you don’t know what that is, figure something out and get started!
So, here is the crazy-gross article about Kinsey and his “scientific” experiments, which were basically just 
legal-pedophilia… CLICK HERE.
And then, CLICK HERE for another article about Kinsey. This article happens to include some information from the Air Force Academy from the 90’s, but that has nothing specific to do with this post – even considering my past involvement there.
I hope to do some more research and find out more about Kinsey and his “findings”, as well as report back more details about how screwed up he was. If you want to do some research your self, check out a book by Susan Brinkmann called “The Kinsey Corruption: An Expose on the Most Influential ‘Scientist’ of Our Time.”
TrueMan up!
We’ve Only Just Begun to Fight – Conference Call
October 17, 2010 by admin
Filed under Blog, cultural manliness, Faith, Fatherhood, manliness, pornography, Scriptural Examples, Virtue
I’m excited to announce an exciting opportunity for men all across the country. On Monday evening October 18, 2010, Joe McClane, the Catholic Hack, along with Mark Houck (co-founder of The King’s Men) and I will be presenting on three topics: Choosing to Fight the Daily Battle and How To Win! by Joe McClane, Self Mastery by Mark Houck and The Vision of The King’s Men by me.
The call will feature ways to help fight the battle of sexual immorality and sexual sin. Maybe you
don’t currently fail in this area, but I’m certain that one of your buddies does. This could be just the tool you need in your arsenal to help your fellow man fight his addictions. Consider joining us on the call.
For the men who do fail in these areas, make today the last day! Fight for purity, fight for goodness, fight for your salvation! There is freedom and you can experience it. The three of us (Joe, Mark and me) collectively were addicted to porn for over 55 years! But there’s good news!!! We all now experience freedom from sexual sin and so can you! It’s liberating, freeing and opens your life to goodness that you could never have imagined for yourself. This call may be just the catalyst you need to get started in your battle.
For all the info, check out Joe’s site, catholichack.com or this address HERE.
Please RSVP to Joe at CatholicHack@gmail.com. (You may remain anonymous on the call if you prefer.)
TrueMan up!
Porn Proves Deadly
As if our human reason wasn’t enough to tell us that pornography has deadly effects, here’s a story that surely will.
Picture this… An Ohio truck driver was barreling down the highway in upstate New York. The driver, at this
point sleep-deprived, is distracted. “What is distracting him?” you ask. The answer: Porn, being streamed on his laptop. The driver’s rig hit a disabled car on a New York State highway. The truck driver, a one Thomas Wallace, has been sentenced to three-to-nine years in prison for killing the driver, Julie Stratton, a 33-year-old mother of two. Stratton’s vehicle was disabled because she had hit a deer and was waiting for assistance in the passing lane shoulder.
Wallace pleaded guilty in May to second-degree manslaughter. Authorities say he’d slept no more than four of the 27 hours before the Dec. 12, 2010 crash that killed Stratton. The trucker tearfully apologized to the victim’s family at Wednesday’s sentencing. Sorry bro, your apology isn’t enough. Your apology doesn’t bring back a woman, a wife, a mother.
I was tempted to include a picture I came across that had “Fatal Accident” spelled out on top, with a graphic of an ambulance, the road and broken glass. However, I didn’t. This was no accident. An accident is when a bird poops on our head, or when we bump into someone walking around a corner. Wallace should have taken responsibility for his (extremely selfish) actions and disregard for humanity. “You can stuff your sorrys in a sack, mister.”
Let’s get one thing straight here – pornography kills. Sometimes figuratively, sometimes literally. Most of the men, women and children that view pornography every day won’t end up being in a situation like Wallace, unfortunately, some might. However, THEY ARE ALL in danger of killing their souls, their relationships, their ability to love, their ability to give, their ability to reason properly. Pornography kills.
Aristotle once said: “the angry man listens to reason, though not perfectly, but the lustful man does not listen to reason at all.”
TrueMan up!
