Civic Responsibility, Family Values

Provo’s Proposed Obscenity Law

A proposed ordinance aimed at curbing obscenity will come up for public hearing Monday night before the Provo City Commission. The measure is intended to strike at obscenity in any form, but especially on the magazine stands and in the movies. The tentative draft was prepared by the city attorney’s office upon the strong recommendation of the Utah County Committee on Children and Youth, the… Continue reading Provo’s Proposed Obscenity Law

Civic Responsibility, Family Values, For me to remember, Strikes

Our ‘Trashy Film’ Controversy

Periodically people here in Utah Valley raise their voice and take pen in hand to protest socalled trashy movies which are saturated with sex, violence and sordid situations. The issue is kicked around a bit, then dies with little or no action and no results. Few would deny that many moving pictures fall into this category. But too few people… Continue reading Our ‘Trashy Film’ Controversy