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The '''American Decency Assocation''' is a [[conservativ]]e [[religious]] group based in [[Fremont]], [[Michigan]]. The ADA's chief focus is lobbying against what it perceives as [[moral]] evils in mass [[media]] programing, commercial venues such as malls, and advertising, particularly those evils characterized by [[sexual]] or [[sexually suggestive]] content.  
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The '''American Decency Association''' (ADA) is a [[conservative]] [[religious]] group based in [[Fremont]], [[Michigan]]. The ADA's chief focus is lobbying against what it perceives as [[moral]] evils in mass [[media]] programming, commercial venues such as malls, and advertising, particularly programming characterized by [[sexual]] or [[sexually suggestive]] content.  
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Owing to its unabashedly extremist stances, some of the the organization's efforts and statements appear self-parodic, with the various complaints posted on its [[Web site]] inlcuiding those against the retailer Victoria's Secret and the ABC dark comedy "Desperate Housewives."
 
  
 
== Statement of Purpose ==
 
== Statement of Purpose ==
  
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According to the group's website:
  
 
''The mission of the American Decency Association is to educate the general public on matters of decency; to initiate, promote, encourage and coordinate activity designed to safeguard and advance public morality consistent with biblical Christianity. And most importantly, as Christians to love Jesus Christ and to do His will - to “Pursue holiness without which no man shall see the Lord.”'' [Hebrews 12:14]
 
''The mission of the American Decency Association is to educate the general public on matters of decency; to initiate, promote, encourage and coordinate activity designed to safeguard and advance public morality consistent with biblical Christianity. And most importantly, as Christians to love Jesus Christ and to do His will - to “Pursue holiness without which no man shall see the Lord.”'' [Hebrews 12:14]
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In other words, the ADA's aim is the broad-brush [[censorship]] of retailers' and private citizens' protected [[First Amendment]] [[rights]]. It can be easily and sensibly argued that to censor some forms of [[pornography]] in the name of the [[Bible]] is hypocritical, since [[scripture]] includes various detailed accounts of unbridled sexual activity, including [[rape]], [[incest]], and other activities which today would classify as [[sex crimes]].
 
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== Views on sex == 
 
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- The ADA operates under a heavy burden of [[denial]], preferring to believe against all reason that sexual curiosity and urges are not a normal part of healthy human social, physical, and psychological development, most notably in the [[teenage]] years. It has escaped the group's attention that the Biblical figure [[Jesus Christ]] did not, in fact, implicitly or explicitly condemn [[sexual behavior]] in any guise.   
 
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- Colloquially, the ADA's spokespersons, to be charitable, are "prudes," and probably meet the criteria for being [[sexually repressed]]. The group holds that [[masturbation]], [[homosexuality]], [[premarital sex]], [[sexual imagery]], [[homosexuality]], the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition, "Grey's Anatomy" (the [[TV show]], not the esteemed medical reference), and [[homosexuality]] are evils to be swept under the rug where they cannot be obliterated by dint of bellyaching
 
  
 
== External links ==
 
== External links ==
  
 
* [http://www.americandecency.org/ The American Decency Association]
 
* [http://www.americandecency.org/ The American Decency Association]
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* [http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/features/2007_swimsuit/ S.I. Swimsuit Edition 2007]
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Latest revision as of 00:45, January 15, 2009

The American Decency Association (ADA) is a conservative religious group based in Fremont, Michigan. The ADA's chief focus is lobbying against what it perceives as moral evils in mass media programming, commercial venues such as malls, and advertising, particularly programming characterized by sexual or sexually suggestive content.

Statement of Purpose

According to the group's website:

The mission of the American Decency Association is to educate the general public on matters of decency; to initiate, promote, encourage and coordinate activity designed to safeguard and advance public morality consistent with biblical Christianity. And most importantly, as Christians to love Jesus Christ and to do His will - to “Pursue holiness without which no man shall see the Lord.” [Hebrews 12:14]

External links

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