Focus Action: Outrage Over Foley Case Justified
Society Does "Understand
There Are Limits To 'Tolerance' Of Anything-Goes
Sexuality"
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, October 3, 2006 --
Focus on the Family Action Senior Vice President
of Government and Public Policy Tom Minnery issued
the following statement today about the scandal involving
ex-Rep. Mark Foley, R-Fla:
"If he is guilty of any crimes against these
boys, Mr. Foley should be prosecuted to the fullest
extent of the law. The fact that so many Americans
are outraged and sickened by his alleged actions
indicates that as a society we do understand there
are limits to 'tolerance' of our culture's anything-goes
view of sexuality.
“The lives of real families have been devastated
by the conduct Mr. Foley stands accused of -- so
it's sad that so much of the dialogue today is so
political in nature. Those truly interested in protecting
children from online predators should spend less
time calling for Speaker Hastert to step down, and
more time demanding that the Justice Department enforce
existing laws that would limit the proliferation
of the kind of filth that leads grown men to think
it's perfectly OK to send lurid e-mails to 16-year-old
boys.
"If any lasting cultural good could come out
of this awful incident, it would be Americans discarding
the politically correct notion fed to us by those
on the left that obscenity is just another form of
free speech."
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FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Web site: www.focusaction.org
Society Does "Understand There Are Limits To 'Tolerance' Of Anything-Goes Sexuality"
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, October 3, 2006 -- Focus on the Family Action Senior Vice President of Government and Public Policy Tom Minnery issued the following statement today about the scandal involving ex-Rep. Mark Foley, R-Fla:
"If he is guilty of any crimes against these boys, Mr. Foley should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. The fact that so many Americans are outraged and sickened by his alleged actions indicates that as a society we do understand there are limits to 'tolerance' of our culture's anything-goes view of sexuality.
“The lives of real families have been devastated by the conduct Mr. Foley stands accused of -- so it's sad that so much of the dialogue today is so political in nature. Those truly interested in protecting children from online predators should spend less time calling for Speaker Hastert to step down, and more time demanding that the Justice Department enforce existing laws that would limit the proliferation of the kind of filth that leads grown men to think it's perfectly OK to send lurid e-mails to 16-year-old boys.
"If any lasting cultural good could come out of this awful incident, it would be Americans discarding the politically correct notion fed to us by those on the left that obscenity is just another form of free speech."
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FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Web site: www.focusaction.org