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LOCKHARTr cmmed from fttmmng fo to wifl* to* ap-' fmtofment » lift cbiRinistfOii.t fad tititten a gwxl deal on censorship,” he told the Sunday Register in a telephone inter-! viet?, and 1 had taken a rniddte*df-tfie-r6ad view.My ■ view before was that; there should be censorship of h a r d-core pornography for adults. I would not have said (thert) that pornography does not do harm.”Overwhelming-Evidence But, said Lockhart, the commission's research was so overwhelming, I’ve changed my •mind. - All - the- research poitttedj-tn the same direction — that there was just no basis to conteachers, dot setors as #eif Lockhart f stfotrg ctffff m edtrcatt groups* the freedls grea favors forth* cartful devt etocafton.” Well-plannetelude that availability 'of this(obscene and pornographic) material resulted in harmful social behavior.”He Continued, My original judgment was based, really, oh a general belief that all of Us have — what we call the 'folk wisdom’ — that this material causes harm. We believed this because there was no research to tell us differently. So my view- was that, in the absenceWilliam B. Lockhart--Teaches Sunday Schoolof scientific knowledge, the legislatures were entitled to do something to control this type of material.” .While he now opposes censorship for adults, Lockhart emphasized, The stuff offends tpe*”Ha believes, though, that the effect of this material may be lessening. Part of the attractiveness of this stuff is gone once it becomes legal,” he said.The average, normal person gets all of it he wants very fast. And it’s already happening. There is great over-production by the people who put out this stuff. The market won’t absorb it.Laws UnenforceableOf his own life, Lockhart, who is‘ married and has two children, said, I still go on teaching my Sunday school classes,” at the First Christian Church.“And I’ve been very surprised, but I haven’t found anyone who disagrees with me. I don’t know, maybe those who disagree just aren’t talking.“But one 85-year-old woman told me, ‘You’re absolutely right. Nobody’s going to tell me what I’m going to look at.' ”It’s this attitude that was cited by Lockhart and other members of the commission as a strong argument that laws dealing with morals can't be enforced in this country.Lockhart said the commission determined that an estimated 60 per cent of adults in the U.S. are opposed to censorship for adults.One major recommendation of the Lockhart commission called for a massive program of sex education for parents,Save MoneyTomoi larges includ r eg arc
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Des Moines Register
Des Moines, Iowa, US
Sun, Nov 15, 1970
Page 6
Full Page
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Davenport P.
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