A Tennessee dad is suing a company that specializes in gay pornography after his 12-year-old daughter was exposed to unsolicited content that came in the mail.
According to news reports, the girl opened the plain, white envelope that was stamped "Free DVD," thinking it was from the Disney Video Club. Kent Blackwelder heard a frightened gasp from the other room and a desperate call for "Daddy." Inside the envelope was an ad containing pictures of half a dozen nude men.
Blackwelder is seeking $4 million in damages from Specialty Publications.
Danny Huerta, a counselor at Focus on the Family, said what the girl saw was shocking.
“There’s a twofold response," he said. "She’s either going to become extremely fearful of it, where there’s a stress response, a fear response — or intense drawing toward that.
“What that creates for her is really a first experience, which sets the tone for her overall perspective on sex.”
Robert Peters, president of Morality in Media, said all the law requires is that pornographers put a sexually oriented notation on the front envelope or inside, if there’s a second, sealed envelope.
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