As ridiculous as it may sound, many people believe that there is little correlation between what children watch and how they behave in real life.  Even though it may not cause teens to commit violent crimes, I wouldn't want my daughter going out with a boy who spent his afternoon watching hardcore pornography!

A Direct Connection To Sex

In addition, all these Free sites are supported by advertising and paid referrals.  The paid referrals come from sites that allow people to find others in their area to have sex with.  It's not bad enough to show all this material to kids, but now they are showing them how to use the internet to find sexual partners in their area.
 

These sites include:

AdultFriendFinder.com   ( Link Goes To Alexa Data )

SexSearch.com   ( Link Goes To Alexa Data )

Fling.com   ( Link Goes To Alexa Data )

Each of these sites allows people to find sexual partners in their city who want to get together for indiscriminant sex. Even though these sites advise that they are for adults over the age of 18, there is no form of age validation being used. I'm quite certain that if a 16 year old boy or girl claims to be 18+, no one will be checking to make sure it's true. On most of these sites you can't contact others until you have paid a membership fee, but others can contact your children if they have set up a free membership (which doesn't require age verification). How would you feel if someone was contacting your child or grandchild looking for a sexual partner?  I would be furious!

Regardless of whether or not children actually register on these sites (I'm sure most do not) it still sends the wrong message to impressionable young minds.  That when they have sexual urges, they can simply go online and "hookup" with someone. All of these web sites should require age verification before allowing anyone to set up a free profile. There is not enough protection under current laws.
 

The Solution Is So Simple!

We can nearly eliminate this problem by simply requiring all adult sites to do an age verification transaction  (via credit card, debit card, age verification service) prior to showing any elicit material.   Most minors, especially those under age 16 do not have their own credit card or debit card.  By mandating sites to use this type of "Gateway" transaction, it will restrict access for minors.

In addition, all credit card or debit card transactions for adult services should be required to list the website address (www.adultwebsitename.com) on the credit card statement in order to keep children from using their parent's credit cards to purchase adult material without the parents knowledge.

The elimination of pornography is not a realistic goal, the courts have sided with the pornography industry when interpreting the 1st amendment.  Our goal is to restrict online access by minors, so that online laws are similar to offline laws.   If a child goes into an adult bookstore or similar retailer, the retailer is required to verify the purchaser is 18 years old before selling them adult material.  I challenge anyone to show us the legal reason why minors should have access to unlimited free pornography over the internet.

Please join our crusade and pass this information on to your friends and relatives!