American Family Association Journal August 2000; Volume 24 Issue 07
When a city's sewer system backs up, it's bad enough. But when the filth empties out on Main Street, it's even worse. That appears to be the case with pornography, which has become a financial interest of such mainstream businesses as AT&T Corporation and the Hilton Hotel chain.
In June the news became public that AT&T had decided to carry a pay-per-view X-rated channel for its cable division. According to The Dallas Morning News, the company will carry "The Hot Network," a hard-core porn channel that other cable operators--like Time Warner Inc. and Comcast Corp.--have refused to touch.
It was one more reason for consumers to look elsewhere for their long distance business, said AFA Vice President Tim Wildmon. "AT&T has long been a major promoter of the homosexual lifestyle, and now it is promoting out-and-out hard-core pornography," he said. "This is a company that has sold out families for the chance to make an illicit buck. It's time for families to shop somewhere else.
"Pornography is not a victimless pastime, and thus AT&T is not an innocent provider of a normal consumer service. Porn is destructive to the viewer, to families, and to women and children who are often devastated by the men addicted to this filth. The company should be held accountable for its actions by the rest of us who have to live in a porn-drenched culture."
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