Pornography as a Spiritual AND Public Health Crisis

But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.  Matthew 5:28 

If anyone causes one of these little ones—those who believe in me—to stumble, it would be better for them to have a large millstone hung around their neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea.  Matthew 18:6

The State of Louisiana just established a new law.  It now requires pornography sites to require government ID for age verification before entering a site.  While this might not seem like much, it provides a significant obstacle for minors in visiting sites.  While the new law is intended to make such sites harder for children to access, the specter of providing government ID (which would be kept in the digital world somewhere) to enter a site might cause some adults to pause as well.

Pornography is not new.  It has existed since ancient times.  It was painted on the walls of the volcano-entombed city of Pompeii. As soon as photography was invented, it was co-opted by pornographers for their evil endeavors. …

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