House GOP Concerned About Your Family Values...
Posted by CTuttle on April 28, 2008 • Comments (0)Permalink

Don't ya just love it when our Congress Critters takes our best interests to heart? Better body armor? No! An improved GI Bill? No! Longer breaks between tours of duty in Iraq or Afghanistan? Sadly, No! What are they so concerned about now, that they need to pass a law for?

Rep. Broun(R) has introduced H.R. 5821, also known as the Military Honor and Decency Act, which would close what he calls a loophole that allows the continued distribution of pornography to soldiers, to their moral detriment, with the help of taxpayer funds.

Pornography? Are ya kidding? Nope! As Broun states...

"As a Marine, I am deeply concerned for the welfare of our troops and their mission," Broun said on April 17. "Allowing the sale of pornography on military bases has harmed military men and women by: escalating the number of violent, sexual crimes; feeding a base addiction; eroding the family as the primary building block of society; and denigrating the moral standing of our troops both here and abroad. Our troops should not see their honor sullied so that the moguls behind magazines like Playboy and Penthouse can profit. The ‘Military Honor and Decency Act’ will right a bureaucratic--and moral--wrong."

There are 15 co-sponsors to the bill, all Goopers... Here's a thought, how about addressing the real reason there's an escalation in violent, sexual crimes and spousal abuse and suicides and... ad nauseum! Let's get out of Iraq, adequately fund detection and treatment programs for PTSD, Depression, Suicides, etc...

What're we fighting for...? Seriously, how can anyone defend the Repugnants, which party truly cares about the troops? So much for the separation of Church and State, and the First Amendment... As the USA Today reports...

Dozens of religious and anti-pornography groups have complained to Congress and Defense Secretary Robert Gates that a Pentagon board set up to review magazines and films is allowing sales of material that Congress intended to ban.

"They're saying 'we're not selling stuff that's sexually explicit' … and we say it's pornography," says Donald Wildmon, head of the American Family Association, a Christian anti-pornography group. A letter-writing campaign launched Friday by opponents of the policy aims to convince Congress to "get the Pentagon to obey the law," he adds.

Puh-lease! Butt out! Pick up a weapon and join us in the trenches! Here's a nice retort...

Nadine Strossen, a New York Law School professor who heads the American Civil Liberties Union, says the law effectively censors what troops get to read in remote areas or combat zones. "We're asking these people to risk their lives to defend our Constitution's principles … and they're being denied their own First Amendment rights to choose what they read," she said.

Let's hear it for the ACLU...! Hoo-ah!!!

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