Day By Day by Chris Muir April 26, 2008
News Item: Bill: Stop selling Playboy, Penthouse on base
Concerned that the military is selling pornography in exchange stores in spite of a ban, one lawmaker has introduced a bill to clean up the matter.
“Our troops should not see their honor sullied so that the moguls behind magazines like Playboy and Penthouse can profit,†said Rep. Paul Broun, R-Ga., unveiling his House bill April 16.
His Military Honor and Decency Act would amend a provision of the 1997 Defense Authorization Act that banned sales of “sexually explicit material†on military bases.
There are plenty of opportunities for military personnel to procure these materials “off” base if they desire and the law is clear (tested through the U.S. Supreme Court).
And, we are not talking about the old pin-up photo – but sexually explicit materials.
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