Grassfire.net
Rallies Over 135,000 Citizens to Stand Against Online Pornography
WASHINGTON, DC -- Today, the Grassfire.net team delivered more than 135,000 petitions from citizens throughout the land urging the Justice Department to appeal the Court of Appeals decision to overrule the Child Internet Protection Act (CIPA)!
”These petitions represent the voice of 135,000 Americans
who want to see real legislation to keep Internet porn out of our government
buildings, schools, libraries and other public facilities,” says Steve
Elliott, President of Grassfire.net.
The law, which required libraries to use filters to block
pornography or risk losing federal monies, was overwhelmingly supported by 535
members of Congress and President Bush. In the end, the three Federal judges who
overturned the law seemed more interested in protecting those viewing on-line
pornography rather than the innocent children who use our libraries.
The petitions were gathered over the past few weeks as part
of Grassfire.net’s National Campaign To Stop Internet Porn. The National
Campaign includes a specific call to “require all public places, schools,
libraries to install pornography-filtering software.
“This petition delivery is a cry from the American people
for our government to take action against pornographers who are using the
Internet to put our families and our children at risk,” says Elliott. “We
cannot allow three judges to derail the will of the American people and our
leaders who are working to stop Internet porn.”
Grassfire.net is one of the nation’s leading online grassroots citizen
activist organizations, offering real impact, real feedback and real results to
hundreds of thousands of people across the nation and around the world.
For more information, visit Grassfire.net, or contact Mr. Ron De Jong at the above address.