I hope we will heed these words from Spencer W. Kimball in 1974 (“God Will Not Be Mocked,” General Conference, October 1974).

“We hope that our parents and leaders will not tolerate pornography. It is really garbage, but today is peddled as normal and satisfactory food. Many writers seem to take delight in polluting the atmosphere with it. Seemingly, it cannot be stopped by legislation. There is a link between pornography and the low, sexual drives and perversions. We live in a culture which venerates the orgasm, streaking, trading wives, and similar crazes. How low can humans plunge! We pray with our Lord that we may be kept from being in the world. It is sad that decent people are thrown into a filthy area of mental and spiritual pollution. We call upon all of our people to do all in their power to offset this ugly revolution.

“It is ridiculous to imply that pornography has no effect. There is a definite relationship to crime. Murder, robbery, rape, prostitution, and commercialized vice are fed on this immorality. Sex statistics seem to reflect a relationship between crime and pornography.

“It is utterly without redeeming social value. We urge our families to protect their children in every way possible. We live in a permissive world, but we must make certain we do not become a part of that permissive world, that degenerate world.”

You can watch a video of President Spencer W. Kimball’s talk “God Will Not Be Mocked” from General Conference in October 1974.

Read articles on LDSMediaTalk.com about pornography.

Read the article “My brother has a problem with
pornography” from the June New Era

See a list of Resources in Overcoming Pornography.