The article blasts what TV sends into our homes and specifically lists filth, vulgarity, sex, violence, steamy unmarried situations, filthy jokes, perversion, foul language, killings, advocacy of unmarried sex as clearly having an impact on America's youth. The thing that is amazing is that this is not a religious campaign. In fact the honorary chairman is Steve Allen, the famous entertainer. Steve Allen has for many years been a major advocate and spokesman for the American Humanist Association. This is a group that has viciously attacked all attempts by religious people to stand for decency and morals.
Moral values derive their source from human experience.
In the area of sexuality, we believe that intolerant attitudes, often cultivated by orthodox religions and puritanical cultures repress sexual conduct. We applaud the idea of working to clean up TV, but an alliance with those who have promoted attitudes and values that have caused the problem to begin with is no way to accomplish it. There is a desperate need for people who have real answers and real standards that work to take the lead in opposing the media's attempts to destroy morality in the western world.