take refuge in sly double meanings. Now, however, there is a bla- tancy that leaves no doubts.” The typical ads appearing on the two pages following the article show those which may be seen al most any time anyone passes the front o f a moving-picture theater or looks at the moving picture pages in the newspaper. There is no need to describe them here; it is a rather sad commentary, how ever, that whereas the ministers o f our churches are well-nigh completely silent in regard to the shameful conditions that exist in moving pictures, it must be left to someone in the industry itself to point out the depths to which that industry has sunk so far as moral principles are concerned. Small wonder, then, that young people are going down the trail o f license and immorality at a frightening rate, when there is practically no one to speak up by way o f a warning. This whole situation has arisen as a result o f the freedom o f speech trend in these United States o f ours. Obscenity, both in moving pictures and in pornographic literature, is running ram pant and little can be done about it even by those who would try to stop it on a legal basis. The outstanding Christian City Attor ney o f Los Angeles, Mr. Roger Arnebergh, has stated that prose cution o f obscenity cases has become increasing difficult because o f the U.S. Supreme Court decisions stressing an ever-expanding concept o f freedom o f speech. The liberal tendencies o f recent U.S. Supreme Court appointees and the continuing decisions on the part o f the present administration to keep up this type o f appointee have made it practically impossible to obtain convic tions under the present laws, both state and national. Formerly the wording o f the present law was considered quite understand able and satisfactory in defense o f decency and high moral stand ards, but recent court decisions have nullified practically all o f these concepts. Today, under the blessing o f the Supreme Court rulings, the sky is the limit as to what can be shown and published. The high esteem in which the Supreme Court was once held by a large segment o f the American public has become tarnished. Por nographic books are published, screen rights are then obtained, and the American public is subjected to a double-dose o f filth which it would appear is about to break down completely the moral fiber upon which the greatness o f our beloved country was built. The discouraging fact is that Christian people who do attend movies almost invariably ridicule and berate those who are trying to keep their testimony consistent with the clear-cut teachings o f the Word o f God. Surely Christians who do attend moving pic tures should have some respect for those who do not attend. But, alas, it appears that the movie-goers realize the inconsii ency o f their conduct and therefore try to get their friends into the same position so that they themselves will not stand rebuked for their actions. The moving picture business is rotten, filthy, immoral to the core and sociological historians o f the future will no doubt lay at the door o f the film industry much o f the blame for the moral and spiritual decline o f this once great republic. JANUARY, 1966
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