{"id":2357,"date":"2009-02-26T08:00:05","date_gmt":"2009-02-26T13:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.christandpopculture.com\/?p=2357"},"modified":"2009-02-26T08:00:05","modified_gmt":"2009-02-26T13:00:05","slug":"the-pornification-of-a-culture-whats-going-on-in-the-office-next-door","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/christandpopculture\/2009\/02\/the-pornification-of-a-culture-whats-going-on-in-the-office-next-door\/","title":{"rendered":"Making the Transition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Al Mohler says we are in transition from being a culture that permits pornography to a culture that <\/a>is<\/a><\/em>\u00a0pornagraphic<\/a>:\u00a0<\/p>\n

A society that embraces pornography as a constitutionally protected form of \u201cspeech\u201d will have a hard time policing sexually explicit material.\u00a0 When courts rule that filtering pornography from public computers in a public library is unconstitutional, the public library is transformed into a pornographic playground.\u00a0 When employees spend company time (and government funds) viewing pornography at work, the moral character of the entire enterprise is at stake.<\/p>\n

The real cost of pornography cannot be reduced to lost hours of labor.\u00a0 The far larger issue is the cost to the nation\u2019s soul.\u00a0 When public libraries become places parents do not let their children go, something precious is lost.<\/p>\n

The real cost of pornography is measured in broken lives, broken marriages, broken children, and broken dreams.\u00a0 In reality, the true cost is spiritual, for pornography destroys the soul.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Al Mohler says we are in transition from being a culture that permits pornography to a culture that is\u00a0pornagraphic:\u00a0 A society that embraces pornography as a constitutionally protected form of \u201cspeech\u201d will have a hard time policing sexually explicit material.\u00a0 When courts rule that filtering pornography from public computers in a public library is unconstitutional, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1206,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asides"],"yoast_head":"\nMaking the Transition<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Al Mohler says we are in transition from being a culture that permits pornography to a culture that is\u00a0pornagraphic:\u00a0 A society that embraces pornography\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" 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