U.S. Rep. Paul Broun, R-Ga., has introduced legislation to restrict the sale of pornography on U.S. military bases around the world. The Military Honor and Decency Act would close a loophole in the current law that allows the sale of some sexually explicit material.
A Department of Defense committee that reviews materials sold on military bases ruled last year that magazines such as Playboy and Penthouse are not pornographic.
“The Department of Defense is utilizing a loophole, a huge loophole, in the current law to continue to sell this material,” Broun told Family News in Focus.
Broun said he is concerned by the negative effects of all pornography, including an increase in the number of violent sexual crimes on military bases.
“It erodes the family as a primary building block of society," he said, "and it denigrates the moral standing of our troops both here and abroad.”
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Co-Sponsors of H.R. 5821
Rep. Paul Broun, Georgia
Rep. Todd Akin, Missouri
Rep. Steve Chabot, Ohio
Rep. Randy Forbes, Virginia
Rep. Jeff Fortenberry, Nebraska
Rep. Virgil Goode, Virginia
Rep. Marilyn Musgrave, Colorado
Rep. Joe Pitts, Pennsylvania
Rep. William Sali, Idaho
Rep. Mark Souder, Indiana
Rep. Roscoe Bartlett, Maryland
Rep. Peter Roskam, Illinois
Rep. Steve King, Iowa
Rep. Rob Bishop, Utah
Rep. Mike Pence, Indiana
Rep. Chris Smith, New Jersey
