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marmar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-25-09 06:29 PM
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Fundies: The AARP is pushing porn
:rofl:



from the OneNewsNow "news" service of the American Family Assn:



Group says AARP is pushing porn
Charlie Butts - OneNewsNow - 1/23/2009 7:00:00 AM


A media obscenity watchdog is taking issue with advertising in the January AARP Bulletin.

Morality in Media (MIM) president Bob Peters has contacted the American Association of Retired People (AARP) for running an ad seeking customers for BetterSex.com.

"BetterSex.com promotes itself as providing bona fide sex education materials for adults," he notes. "I think that many people, if they looked at the content of these materials, would say this is pornography."

Besides the website's graphic and explicit nature, Peters has another objection to it. "BetterSex.com doesn't just promote adult sex education," he points out. "It also provides hundreds, literally hundreds, of pornographic movies, ...many of which you would find in an adult bookstore."

The website is connected to Phil Harvey, founder of Adam and Eve stores, which is one of the largest pornography businesses in America. The website is operated by the Sinclair Institute, established by Harvey in 1991.


http://www.onenewsnow.com/Culture/Default.aspx?id=394370 (if Rick-rolled by the OneNewsNow sanity filter, the story is in the onenewsnow area of www.afa.net )




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CatholicEdHead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-25-09 06:31 PM
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1. Would someone get the AFA edior layed already?
:crazy:
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bobd0 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-25-09 06:32 PM
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2. I wish these fundie morons would stop having sex before they procreate. nt
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FloridaJudy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-25-09 06:42 PM
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3. Phil Harvey is a fascinating character
He uses the profits from his sex toy/erotica business to fund family planning and AIDS awareness programs in poor countries. http://www.alternet.org/story/13650/

Please consider his company when ordering your pornographic products.
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enlightenment Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-25-09 06:48 PM
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4. And Bob Peters knows this -
Edited on Sun Jan-25-09 06:48 PM by enlightenment
Besides the website's graphic and explicit nature, Peters has another objection to it. "BetterSex.com doesn't just promote adult sex education," he points out. "It also provides hundreds, literally hundreds, of pornographic movies, ...many of which you would find in an adult bookstore."

- exactly how? Could it be his deep personal experience with adult bookstores?

The gentleman doth protest too much, methinks.
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NYC_SKP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-25-09 06:57 PM
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5. Well, the real CRIME here is charging $129.95 for a Vibrator!
I mean, come on people! Some of us are on Fixed Incomes!!!

On the other hand, it WAS Toy of the Year, 2008...



http://www.bettersex.com/sp-we-vibe-3166.aspx?itemtype=36

:rofl:
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Texasgal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-25-09 06:58 PM
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6. Err.. ummm..
That looks *interesting*... as a woman I am trying to figure it out. :blush:
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hootinholler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-25-09 07:03 PM
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8. Think six-pack
:rofl:

One in the pink and one in the stink, so to say.

-Hoot
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greyl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-26-09 12:54 AM
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11. Uhh, actually not.
Don't forget our little buddy on the outside!
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NYC_SKP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-25-09 07:16 PM
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9. I would have used it the wrong way.
Read instructions, lest parts of it go in the wrong places... :crazy:
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JeffreyWilliamson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-25-09 07:01 PM
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7. Yes, yes, all very interesting coming from Mr. "Butts". n/t
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LiberalFighter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-26-09 12:44 AM
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10. I bet the AARP is targeting Republicans.
:bounce:
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