HUMAN DIGNITY
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"Confirming the dignity of every human life"Human Trafficking
Efforts to bring more attention to this plight, encourage help from private individuals and companies, increase the priority of current law enforcement, and strengthen our laws must continue.
Pornography
Obscenity and child pornography are illegal and not protected by the First Amendment. They acquire no legal protection merely because they are sent over the Internet. Websites distributing this material from overseas can be prosecuted under extradition agreements, but the fact is that the overwhelming majority of hardcore Internet pornography is produced in the United States and should be prosecuted aggressively. The Family Foundation calls for the vigorous enforcement of all existing laws against child pornography and obscenity, and regards pornography as a form of human sex trafficking.
Courts have ruled that some adult pornography that does not meet the legal definition of obscenity has first amendment protection, but that protection is not absolute. Laws may regulate the time, place, and manner of distribution and may restrict it from children. We do not have adequate laws to protect children from this kind of material online and The Family Foundation will continue to work toward stronger laws to protect children.
Privacy/Safety
Both privacy and safety become particularly important for students who are mostly minors and are required to be in school, by law.
As bullying and students identifying as another gender have gained attention, school bathrooms and lockerrooms have become an area of concern.
The Family Foundation believes ALL students deserve bathrooms, locker rooms, and overnight accommodations that take into account their privacy and safety needs. EVERY student should be reasonably accommodated by school officials, regardless of who they are.
The Family Foundation does not support singling out any specific student or groups of students. Students dealing with bullying, medical, self esteem, identity, or other issues should all be provided with reasonable accommodations to ensure the privacy and safety their dignity as humans entitles them to.
The requirement that accommodations be reasonable ensures that control remains at the local level, schools are not overburdened, and that students of the opposite sex are not sharing the same bathrooms, lockerrooms, or overnight accommodations at the same time.
Recent Human Dignity Related Blog Posts
House Bills 326 and 372 were losses this year
House Bill 326 protected student privacy and House Bill 372 addressed religious liberty but both met the same fate – they were lost in the tumult of the pension and budget battles . . . but both could have and should have passed because they represent part of the...
Senate Resolution – SR 170 Defending Dignity
Sen. David Givens This simple resolution recognized the connections between pornography, the objectification of women, and sex trafficking. It asserted that a public health crisis created by pornography exists, that obscenity plays a role in objectifying women, and...
House Concurrent Resolution – HCR 93: Internet Trafficking
Rep. Donna Mayfield This concurring resolution urged Congress to close the loophole in the Federal Communications Decency Act (FCDA) that gave immunity to online sites, such as “Backpage.com,” that knowingly and recklessly advertise sex to connect their “customers”...
HCR 93 passes KY House, helps Congress act
On Feb. 27, the U.S. House of Representatives gave survivors, their families, and advocates the biggest victory in the fight against sex trafficking since the Trafficking Victims Protection Act in 2000. The Family Foundation was one of the voices speaking up for the...
House & Senate Resolutions – HR 149 & SR 170 Defending Dignity
Rep. Melinda Prunty & Sen. David Givens: These two Simple Resolutions recognize connections between pornography, the objectification of women, and sex trafficking. They assert that a public health crisis created by pornography exists, that obscenity plays a role...
House & Senate Resolutions – HCR 93/SCR 105: Internet Trafficking
Rep. Donna Mayfield & Sen. C.B. Embry: These two Concurrent Resolutions, one in the House and one the Senate, urge Congress to close the loophole in the Federal Communications Decency Act (FCDA) that gives immunity to online sites, such as “Backpage.com,” that...
House Bill 294: Treating Trafficking Offenders as Violent Offenders
Rep. Joni Jenkins: HB 294 updates the law to better reflect the seriousness of human trafficking or promoting human trafficking by treating those convicted of such heinous crimes as violent offenders. If convicted of those crimes, the violent offender would be...
House Bill 152: Empowering Truckers Against Trafficking
Republican-controlled House and Republican-controlled Senate were racing forward with their conservative agenda – passing seven bills in the first five days of the 2017 Session. The speed is not the same in 2018 for a number of reasons. Among the bills passed early...
HCR 93 & SCR 105: Limiting Human Trafficking
By Rep. Donna Mayfield & Sen. C.B. Embry – Two Concurrent Resolutions, one in the House and one the Senate, urge Congress to close the loophole in the Federal Communications Decency Act that gives greater immunity to sites such as “Backpage.com” that knowingly and...
House Bills 326 and 372 were losses this year
House Bill 326 protected student privacy and House Bill 372 addressed religious liberty but both met the same fate – they were lost in the tumult of the pension and budget battles . . . but both could have and should have passed because they represent part of the...
Senate Resolution – SR 170 Defending Dignity
Sen. David Givens This simple resolution recognized the connections between pornography, the objectification of women, and sex trafficking. It asserted that a public health crisis created by pornography exists, that obscenity plays a role in objectifying women, and...
House Concurrent Resolution – HCR 93: Internet Trafficking
Rep. Donna Mayfield This concurring resolution urged Congress to close the loophole in the Federal Communications Decency Act (FCDA) that gave immunity to online sites, such as “Backpage.com,” that knowingly and recklessly advertise sex to connect their “customers”...
HCR 93 passes KY House, helps Congress act
On Feb. 27, the U.S. House of Representatives gave survivors, their families, and advocates the biggest victory in the fight against sex trafficking since the Trafficking Victims Protection Act in 2000. The Family Foundation was one of the voices speaking up for the...
House & Senate Resolutions – HR 149 & SR 170 Defending Dignity
Rep. Melinda Prunty & Sen. David Givens: These two Simple Resolutions recognize connections between pornography, the objectification of women, and sex trafficking. They assert that a public health crisis created by pornography exists, that obscenity plays a role...
House & Senate Resolutions – HCR 93/SCR 105: Internet Trafficking
Rep. Donna Mayfield & Sen. C.B. Embry: These two Concurrent Resolutions, one in the House and one the Senate, urge Congress to close the loophole in the Federal Communications Decency Act (FCDA) that gives immunity to online sites, such as “Backpage.com,” that...
House Bill 294: Treating Trafficking Offenders as Violent Offenders
Rep. Joni Jenkins: HB 294 updates the law to better reflect the seriousness of human trafficking or promoting human trafficking by treating those convicted of such heinous crimes as violent offenders. If convicted of those crimes, the violent offender would be...
House Bill 152: Empowering Truckers Against Trafficking
Republican-controlled House and Republican-controlled Senate were racing forward with their conservative agenda – passing seven bills in the first five days of the 2017 Session. The speed is not the same in 2018 for a number of reasons. Among the bills passed early...
HCR 93 & SCR 105: Limiting Human Trafficking
By Rep. Donna Mayfield & Sen. C.B. Embry – Two Concurrent Resolutions, one in the House and one the Senate, urge Congress to close the loophole in the Federal Communications Decency Act that gives greater immunity to sites such as “Backpage.com” that knowingly and...
House Bills 326 and 372 were losses this year
House Bill 326 protected student privacy and House Bill 372 addressed religious liberty but both met the same fate – they were lost in the tumult of the pension and budget battles . . . but both could have and should have passed because they represent part of the...
Senate Resolution – SR 170 Defending Dignity
Sen. David Givens This simple resolution recognized the connections between pornography, the objectification of women, and sex trafficking. It asserted that a public health crisis created by pornography exists, that obscenity plays a role in objectifying women, and...
House Concurrent Resolution – HCR 93: Internet Trafficking
Rep. Donna Mayfield This concurring resolution urged Congress to close the loophole in the Federal Communications Decency Act (FCDA) that gave immunity to online sites, such as “Backpage.com,” that knowingly and recklessly advertise sex to connect their “customers”...
HCR 93 passes KY House, helps Congress act
On Feb. 27, the U.S. House of Representatives gave survivors, their families, and advocates the biggest victory in the fight against sex trafficking since the Trafficking Victims Protection Act in 2000. The Family Foundation was one of the voices speaking up for the...
House & Senate Resolutions – HR 149 & SR 170 Defending Dignity
Rep. Melinda Prunty & Sen. David Givens: These two Simple Resolutions recognize connections between pornography, the objectification of women, and sex trafficking. They assert that a public health crisis created by pornography exists, that obscenity plays a role...
House & Senate Resolutions – HCR 93/SCR 105: Internet Trafficking
Rep. Donna Mayfield & Sen. C.B. Embry: These two Concurrent Resolutions, one in the House and one the Senate, urge Congress to close the loophole in the Federal Communications Decency Act (FCDA) that gives immunity to online sites, such as “Backpage.com,” that...
House Bill 294: Treating Trafficking Offenders as Violent Offenders
Rep. Joni Jenkins: HB 294 updates the law to better reflect the seriousness of human trafficking or promoting human trafficking by treating those convicted of such heinous crimes as violent offenders. If convicted of those crimes, the violent offender would be...
House Bill 152: Empowering Truckers Against Trafficking
Republican-controlled House and Republican-controlled Senate were racing forward with their conservative agenda – passing seven bills in the first five days of the 2017 Session. The speed is not the same in 2018 for a number of reasons. Among the bills passed early...
HCR 93 & SCR 105: Limiting Human Trafficking
By Rep. Donna Mayfield & Sen. C.B. Embry – Two Concurrent Resolutions, one in the House and one the Senate, urge Congress to close the loophole in the Federal Communications Decency Act that gives greater immunity to sites such as “Backpage.com” that knowingly and...
Older Posts
Dangers of “commercial surrogacy” raising questions of its value and ethics
Surrogacy is a growing business in the United States, but the case of a December baby born in Texas reveals some of the dangers that can accompany it. Sixteen weeks into the surrogate’s pregnancy, the doctor noticed an abnormality in the unborn baby’s heart. A...
Privacy in the military: A female officer’s testimony
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the personal testimony of a Kentucky mother of four who is an officer in the Army Reserve. Her name is deliberately withheld. “As I listened to our company’s June 2017 legal brief detailing the forced inclusion of transgender people into our...
US military in limbo over Obama transgender order
On July 1, 2016, the Obama Administration directed the U.S. military to allow transgender soldiers to serve openly within the ranks, and set the date for active recruiting and inclusion of transgender persons to start a year later. It did not escape notice that Obama...
Dangers of “commercial surrogacy” raising questions of its value and ethics
Surrogacy is a growing business in the United States, but the case of a December baby born in Texas reveals some of the dangers that can accompany it. Sixteen weeks into the surrogate’s pregnancy, the doctor noticed an abnormality in the unborn baby’s heart. A...
Privacy in the military: A female officer’s testimony
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the personal testimony of a Kentucky mother of four who is an officer in the Army Reserve. Her name is deliberately withheld. “As I listened to our company’s June 2017 legal brief detailing the forced inclusion of transgender people into our...
US military in limbo over Obama transgender order
On July 1, 2016, the Obama Administration directed the U.S. military to allow transgender soldiers to serve openly within the ranks, and set the date for active recruiting and inclusion of transgender persons to start a year later. It did not escape notice that Obama...