Statement On The Foley Scandal From Wendy Wright, President, Concerned Women For America
WASHINGTON, D.C., October 3, 2006 - The allegations
that Rep. Mark Foley, a man entrusted with a position
of authority and respect, engaged in sexually charged
conversations and sought liaisons with underage males
embodies one of the worst kinds of abuse.
Despite our culture’s sexual excess, including
explicit messages and images from TV sitcoms to graphic
curricula in schools, Americans remain rightfully
appalled by this incident. The fact that Americans
find former Rep. Foley’s alleged conduct reprehensible
shows we have not bought into the false ideology
that “all sex should be celebrated” or
that age of consent laws should be reduced as some
special interest groups demand. Not all “diversity” should
be accepted and not all conduct or beliefs should
be “tolerated.” In the real world, there
is such a thing as right and wrong. And Americans
know that it is wrong for adults to take sexual advantage
of minors. Americans know that some lifestyles,
such as aberrant sexual behavior, are just too damaging
and dangerous to individuals, and that society and
children especially should be protected from them.
Concerned Women for America is the nation’s
largest public policy women’s organization.
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FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Web site: www.cwfa.org
WASHINGTON, D.C., October 3, 2006 - The allegations that Rep. Mark Foley, a man entrusted with a position of authority and respect, engaged in sexually charged conversations and sought liaisons with underage males embodies one of the worst kinds of abuse.
Despite our culture’s sexual excess, including explicit messages and images from TV sitcoms to graphic curricula in schools, Americans remain rightfully appalled by this incident. The fact that Americans find former Rep. Foley’s alleged conduct reprehensible shows we have not bought into the false ideology that “all sex should be celebrated” or that age of consent laws should be reduced as some special interest groups demand. Not all “diversity” should be accepted and not all conduct or beliefs should be “tolerated.” In the real world, there is such a thing as right and wrong. And Americans know that it is wrong for adults to take sexual advantage of minors. Americans know that some lifestyles, such as aberrant sexual behavior, are just too damaging and dangerous to individuals, and that society and children especially should be protected from them.
Concerned Women for America is the nation’s largest public policy women’s organization.
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FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Web site: www.cwfa.org