St Rose Sponsors Program

 On Morality In The Media

A public lecture, “Morality in the Media: Reversing the Floodtide of Obscenity and Indecency,” will be held on Saturday, August 14, at 2 pm, in the Msgr Conroy Room of St Rose School on Church Hill Road.

The talk will be given by Robert Peters, president of Morality in Media, Inc, a nonprofit interfaith organization founded in New York City in 1962 to combat illegal hardcore pornography and uphold standards of decency in the media. Morality in Media became national in scope following the appointment of its founder, the Rev Morton A. Hill, to the Presidential Commission on Obscenity and Pornography in 1968.

Mr Peters joined the organization in 1985 as a staff attorney. In 1987 he was named assistant director of the National Obscenity Law Center, a project of Morality in Media. The center serves as a national clearinghouse in obscenity law. Mr Peters was appointed president of Morality in Media in September 1992.

In 1992 Congress enacted legislation patterned in part on a proposal submitted by Mr Peters to address the problem of indecent programming on cable TV leased access channels. In June 1996, the US Supreme Court upheld the 1992 law proposed by Mr Peters.

 Regina Herbert and her daughter will provide baby-sitting during the program in a room in the school near the Msgr Conroy Room for parents who wish to attend. To make a reservation for babysitting, call Mrs Herbert at 426-4188 or the Rev John Inserra at 426-1014.

The program is sponsored by the St Rose Pro-Life/Family Committee.