The Conservative Congregational Christian Conference is aware of the widespread and harmful influence which pornography increasingly is having on our country. It has become clear to us that we can no longer remain idle while promoters of pornography contribute to the decline of the morals of society by advocating a lifestyle which is contrary to Biblical teaching, is harmful to the family, and is ultimately destructive to individuals. Pornography has its roots in the abuse of sexual expression. The New Testament makes it abundantly clear that a cardinal vice of the pagan world was impurity and immorality. Today, in our secular and humanistic society, the Biblically condemned forms of sexual immorality are not only tolerated but openly promoted as alternate life styles which should be accepted.
Pornography is one form of depraved man s insistence on explicit sexual activity.
Pornography is known to visually depict, and by inference,to approve and encourage, most if not all of the earlier mentioned forms of sexual immorality. Pornography is especially degrading to women since most pornography involves the use of women in subordinate and degrading roles for the purpose of sexual exploitation. In many cases it fosters the mentality which considers women as only objects which exist to gratify the selfish and sometimes sadistic desires of men. Pornography is a form of profound hostility toward women. In recent years, pornography has moved rapidly beyond adult scenes involving nudity and heterosexual intercourse to scenes which depict homosexuality, bestiality, and group sex orgies.