Churchmen's Committee for Decent Publications
Encyclopedia
The Churchmen's Committee for Decent Publications was a Protestant pro-censorship
, anti-pornography
advocacy group. It was a contemporary of the Roman Catholic National Organization for Decent Literature
and the National Legion of Decency
.
Censorship
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, anti-pornography
Pornography
Pornography or porn is the explicit portrayal of sexual subject matter for the purposes of sexual arousal and erotic satisfaction.Pornography may use any of a variety of media, ranging from books, magazines, postcards, photos, sculpture, drawing, painting, animation, sound recording, film, video,...
advocacy group. It was a contemporary of the Roman Catholic National Organization for Decent Literature
National Organization for Decent Literature
The National Organization for Decent Literature was an American pressure group active in campaigning for the censorship of literature. It was largely led by Roman Catholic priests. It was founded in 1938, and ran until the late 1960s...
and the National Legion of Decency
National Legion of Decency
The National Legion of Decency was an organization dedicated to identifying and combating objectionable content, from the point of view of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States, in motion pictures...
.