Currently, we see a brutal attack on our culture, the ignoring and even mocking of the importance of moral standards for healthy individual development. The huge pornography industry revolves around profit made from distorting human sexuality into the antithesis of marriage and family life. With AIDS, we see people ignoring their self-preservation instinct in the pursuit of momentary sexual gratification. This warps true human sexuality, eliminating its natural connection to marriage, family, health and life. Pornographic materials are now readily available to children, leading them down a dangerous path and greatly reducing their chances of both healthy sexual development and committed, stable marriages.
Pornography is, of course, spiritual adultery.
These words are first directed at those who commit offenses against children, but surely they are meant also for us who are apathetic to such offenses. It is necessary to tell our children about sexual morality and human dignity and to know what they are reading and watching. It is important to note what is said in our neighborhood stores and to be selective where we will make our purchases, and it is important to speak out against this evil. We are responding not only for our family, but for the society around us. We must not allow family life and human dignity to be warped and destroyed.