@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ From: Henry Huang <•••@••.•••> Date: Wed, 21 Feb 1996 Date: Tue, 13 Feb 1996 From: "Declan B. McCullagh" <•••@••.•••> To: •••@••.••• Subject: Re: Spin Control Alert (LI Newsday, 2/12/96) ~--<snip>--~ Let's see who the players are, as identified by Mike Godwin: 1) _The National Coalition for the Protection of Children and Families._ Formerly the National Coalition Against Pornography, this organization renamed itself last year, perhaps in anticipation of its legislative compaign against online "indecency" (a broader category than pornography). 2) _The National Law Center for Children and Families._ This orgnization was formerly headed by antiporn activist Cathy Cleaver -- it is now headed by Bruce Taylor, formerly a prosecutor specializing in obscenity cases and formerly the general counsel of a an antiporn group based in Phoenix, Arizona, and founded under the name "Citizens for Decency through Law." The organization was founded by Charles Keating, himself a veteran of the Attorney General's Commission on Pornography (a.k.a. the Meese Commission). 3) _Enough is Enough!_ Presenting itself as a secular effort, this organization provides a platform for former party girl and ex-No Excuses-jeans model Donna Rice-Hughes, who has leveraged her fame from the Gary Hart candidacy into a career as an antiporn activist. (With almost suspiciously frequent meetings with Bob Dole.) Enough is Enough is headed by Dee Jepsen, who testified about the dangers of online nastiness at Grassley's cyberporn hearing. Bob Chatelle from the Boston Coalition for Freedom of Expression reports that Jepsen is Chairman of the Board of Regents of Pat Roberson's Regent University, is Cochair of Washington For Jesus, and has served on the Steering Committee of the Coalition on Revival, closely linked with the Christian Reconstructionist movement. Reconstructionists believe that Christians should "take dominion" and establish Old Testament law. Many Reconstructionists openly advocate death for homosexuals, preferably by stoning. I'd be happy to expand on the links between the religious right and the move to regulate the Net, but Mike Godwin has already done it quite eloquently, at: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~declan/rimm/ Some additional background about Donna Rice's censorship efforts, including recent media profiles of her: http://fight-censorship.dementia.org/fight-censorship/dl?num=1178 http://fight-censorship.dementia.org/fight-censorship/dl?num=302 -Declan @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ ~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~--~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~ Posted by Richard K. Moore - •••@••.••• - Wexford, Ireland CyberJournal: Cyberlib temporarily unavailable Cyber-Rights: http,ftp://www.cpsr.org/cpsr/nii/cyber-rights/Library/ Materials may be reposted in their _entirety_ for non-commercial use. ~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~--~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~
