FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

MEDIA ADVISORY

Contact Brian Hart/John Rankin

November 9, 2005

BROWNBACK TO HOLD HEARING ON PORNOGRAPHY

Committee to examine pornography’s effects on families, society

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Sam Brownback will hold a hearing of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution titled “Why the Government Should Care About Pornography: The State Interest in Protecting Children and Families” this Thursday at 2:00 p.m. Eastern.

The committee will hear from witnesses describing pornography’s pervasive presence in mainstream America and how pornography negatively marriages, families, and children.

Why the Government Should Care About Pornography:

The State Interest in Protecting Children and Families

Thursday, November 10

2:00 p.m. Eastern

226 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Witness Panel

Pamela Paul, Author of Pornified: How Pornography is Transforming Our Lives, Our Relationships, and Our Families

Richard R. Whidden, Jr., Executive Director and Senior Counsel, National Law Center for Children and Families, Fairfax, VA

Jill C. Manning, Doctoral Candidate at Brigham Young University and Family Therapist at the TELOS Residential Treatment Center, Orem, UT

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Sam Brownback
United States Senator - Kansas
303 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
(202) 224-6521
http://brownback.senate.gov