American Decency Association

2007-02-22T07:10:09Z

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The '''American Decency Assocation''' is a [[conservative]] [[religious]] group based in [[Fremont]], [[Michigan]]. The ADA's chief focus is lobbying against what it perceives as [[moral]] evils in mass [[media]] programming, commercial venues such as malls, and advertising, particularly those evils characterized by [[sexual]] or [[sexually suggestive]] content.

== Statement of Purpose ==

According to the group's Web site:

''The mission of the American Decency Association is to educate the general public on matters of decency; to initiate, promote, encourage and coordinate activity designed to safeguard and advance public morality consistent with biblical Christianity. And most importantly, as Christians to love Jesus Christ and to do His will - to “Pursue holiness without which no man shall see the Lord.”'' [Hebrews 12:14]

== External links ==

* [http://www.americandecency.org/ The American Decency Association]

American Decency Association

2007-02-22T05:16:28Z

Kemibe: New entry

The '''American Decency Assocation''' is a [[conservativ]]e [[religious]] group based in [[Fremont]], [[Michigan]]. The ADA's chief focus is lobbying against what it perceives as [[moral]] evils in mass [[media]] programing, commercial venues such as malls, and advertising, particularly those evils characterized by [[sexual]] or [[sexually suggestive]] content.

Owing to its unabashedly extremist stances, some of the the organization's efforts and statements appear self-parodic, with the various complaints posted on its [[Web site]] inlcuiding those against the retailer Victoria's Secret and the ABC dark comedy "Desperate Housewives."

== Statement of Purpose ==

According to the group's Web site:

''The mission of the American Decency Association is to educate the general public on matters of decency; to initiate, promote, encourage and coordinate activity designed to safeguard and advance public morality consistent with biblical Christianity. And most importantly, as Christians to love Jesus Christ and to do His will - to “Pursue holiness without which no man shall see the Lord.”'' [Hebrews 12:14]

In other words, the ADA's aim is the broad-brush [[censorship]] of retailers' and private citizens' protected [[First Amendment]] [[rights]]. It can be easily and sensibly argued that to censor some forms of [[pornography]] in the name of the [[Bible]] is hypocritical, since [[scripture]] includes various detailed accounts of unbridled sexual activity, including [[rape]], [[incest]], and other activities which today would classify as [[sex crimes]].

== Views on sex ==

The ADA operates under a heavy burden of [[denial]], preferring to believe against all reason that sexual curiosity and urges are not a normal part of healthy human social, physical, and psychological development, most notably in the [[teenage]] years. It has escaped the group's attention that the Biblical figure [[Jesus Christ]] did not, in fact, implicitly or explicitly condemn [[sexual behavior]] in any guise.

Colloquially, the ADA's spokespersons, to be charitable, are "prudes," and probably meet the criteria for being [[sexually repressed]]. The group holds that [[masturbation]], [[homosexuality]], [[premarital sex]], [[sexual imagery]], [[homosexuality]], the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition, "Grey's Anatomy" (the [[TV show]], not the esteemed medical reference), and [[homosexuality]] are evils to be swept under the rug where they cannot be obliterated by dint of bellyaching.

== External links ==

* [http://www.americandecency.org/ The American Decency Association]
* [http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/features/2007_swimsuit/ S.I. Swimsuit Edition 2007]

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