Studies & Actions
of the General Assembly of
The Presbyterian Church in America
[13th General Assembly (1985), 13-65,
III, 5, p. 133.]
OVERTURE ON PORNOGRAPHY
5. To adopt this personal resolution as follows:
Whereas, the Scripture calls us as the people of
God to be holy as God is holy (1 Peter 1:15-16), and condemns all sexual
activity outside of marriage (Galatians 5:19), and
Whereas, the spread of pornographic literature and film is great
throughout our land, with child pornography as the fastest growing, and
Whereas, the pornographic industry is an estimated eight billion dollar
operation annually and a stronghold of organized crime, and
Whereas, social scientists have shown the connection between pornography
and violent sexual crimes, and
Whereas, pornography exploits women and children and contributes
to the breakdown of the family, and
Whereas, pornography is a result of growing secular humanism in
our land, and
Whereas, pornography is an issue of the sanctity of human life
along with the unborn and the elderly, and
Whereas, we as Christians must stand against the Evil One who is
behind pornography (Ephesians 6:10-13),
Be it resolved the the Thirteenth General Assembly of the PCA:
1. Directs Christian Education and Publications (CE/P) to designate official
representation to the Third National Consultation on Obscenity, Pornography
and Indecency in Cincinnati in September, 1985.
2. Encourages CE/P to include the issue of pornography and its effects
on our culture among its educational concerns.
3. Requests CE/P to include in their report to the Fourteenth General
Assembly their actions on this issue over the preceding year.
4. Urges the members of the churches of our denomination to be involved
in various efforts of fighting pornography in our land.
Adopted
[cf. Minutes, 13-3, F., Personal Resolution #1, p. 69, for
original draft of this resolution] |