Should Baptists Defend Porn Perverts & Adult Bookstores?

I think we just finished this topic in another thread.

 

Not disparaging the motives, just the methods.

 

It's not a defense of adult book stores, but a defense of our freedoms in this country. If they are censored and do not have the right, when is the secular government in a Christ hating world going to say Christians do not the right? After all Christian material says everyone but us(Christan's) are going to hell, what about the so called 'hate speech' in the Christian book store's books and the bible.
Nope it's freedom in our country, for everyone. And you have to think ahead of the consequences.

 

Amen, Sister DonnA -- Preach it!

rbrent's source says: "In Texas, license information
is a matter of public record"

Not on the internet.
On Google i get:

"Your search - "Texas public records" "vehicle tags"
- did not match any documents."



rbrent's source says: "At least once a week, a volunteer
traces the license plate numbers to the owners
of the cars using an online service that searches
an automotive database for a fee.
In Texas, license information is a matter of public record.'

These two statements appear to be self-contradictory.
"Public record" means you don't have to search for a fee.

[ February 05, 2004, 06:13 PM: Message edited by: Ed Edwards ]

 

In my city, an adult book/video store must be at least 100 years from a school or residence. That law was designed to protect kind and families. If an adult bookstore owner sets up shop according to those guidelines, then he has the freedom to do so. BTW, there are no adult bookstores in my city, because most retail centers are near residential tracts or schools.

But let's turn the tables. If the adult bookstore owner videotaped everyone going into church, and got the license plate info, and sent everyone in the church parking lot a 50% off coupon towards the purchase of any pornographic material in his store, we'd all be crying "harrassment".

Waving a Bible in front of you when you're acting in an unchristian manner doesn't absolve your actions.

BTW, does anyone remember the TV show "My Sister Sam"? The costar of the show was shot by a fan who jotted down her license plate number when she left the studio. He got the info from the DMV, went to her house, knocked on her door, and killed her when she answered. That resulted in a law that forbids the general public from obtaining residential information from vehicle license numbers.

 

The responses are weird because we disagreed with the methods?

No one said that they approved of the Adult
Video Stores!

Further, no one was bashing anyone.

I resent the topic of this thread! No one was defending Porn or Adult Bookstores!

 

From my perspective I see very little difference between purveyors of pornography, and prostitutes.

By identifying the "johns" that solicit despicable wares, those that are seeking to clean-up their community are effective.

I would not want drug addicts, prostitutes, porno-addicts, soliciting trade in my community, on the same streets my children walk.

Its just too bad that those sleeze-bags don't have their names published in the local paper.


A servant of Christ,
Drew

 

I "ditto" Bro.Drew's sentiments and I also think this church deserves an "A"!

 

So what? What this guy is doing is wrong (mind you, this is not a defense of porn solicitors). And disguising it with "church invitations" makes it all the more deplorable.

 

Viewing pornography (in a concealed business or home) is legal. Prostitution is illegal.

Then the way to combat it is to have your local city council pass a law that limits or bans adult bookstores/videostores. Until then, they're not doing anything illegal.

This reminds me of a local church that was trying to get a Victoria's Secret out of the local mall, under the pretense that it was an "adult" franchise. It would have been terrible if I had been "identified" as a smut purveyor for simply purchasing undergarments for my wife!!!!

 

Then the way to combat it is to have your local city council pass a law that limits or bans adult bookstores/videostores. Until then, they're not doing anything illegal.
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And neither is the Church doing anything illegal, and maybe turning a few addicts around.


A servant of Christ,
Drew

 

There is a major porn outlet, just off I-70 by Abilene. Local Brothers in Christ are noting the Commercial names off of any trucks which stop, and letting the truckers know through signs that the respective companies will be notified that their drivers are stopping-in for porn.

May they continue to shine a light upon the darkness of iniquity.

A servant of Christ,
Drew

 

"By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye tattle on them and embarrass them."

What a great witness for Christ! I'm sure these men are so excited to become Christians that they are knocking down the church doors.

 

Yes they are, and they have that right, so long as it's in private. The law forbids public use or display of pornographic and obscene material, so it must remain in private.

If you have a neighbor who's home watching football, and the ref makes a bad call, and he yells out a phrase that takes the name of the Lord in vain, should he be subject to the same judgement?

What if the church took the "graven image" commandment to the extreme, and felt that depictions of Christ on screen was immoral? Should such a church be allowed to subject everyone who goes to see "The Passion of the Christ" to the same judgement?

If a person gets drunk and is in his own house, should he be subject to the same judgement?

Morality vs liberty, folks. We're called to be lights OF the world, not lights AT the world. We're called to be salt OF the earth, not throw salt AT the earth. We're called to live by example, not live by comparison to another's example.

 

Good for him. And now he can lend a hand in completely destroying a marriage/family/relationship by sending a picture of the person's car parked in the lot, rather than being a real man and going to these people personally and telling them that there is a way out.

Again, there is nothing good about this guy's motive/method.

Taking snap shots of cars in a parking lot and sending them in the mail??? Yea... that's real brave.