As I look back on it, he was not lecturing. He was merely a devout, loving man, with a conviction. It was more than half-century ago when he led me, a teenager, to ponder some of the things that are inescapably destructive to decency and honor. At the time I was certain in my own mind that America would forever be strong and resolute - mankind's greatest symbol of all that is good in civilization. There's a bewildering number of facts and figures warning us that pornography is corrupting the very soul of America, gnawing at the core of our nation's moral foundation.
Pornography is a multibillion-dollar industry in our land today.
Its volume and pervasiveness have reached epidemic proportions. It cannot be dismissed as mere coincidence that at the same time pornography is rampant, America is experiencing record levels of teen pregnancies, venereal diseases, AIDS, and broken families. Yet groups of homosexuals and lesbians regularly, in mass public demonstrations, demand the government to confer upon them a respectability they do not deserve. It is an established statistical fact that pornography has induced countless deviants to commit violent sexual crimes such as rape and child molestation. There have been studies showing a correlation between pornography and rape.