In a previous post, I noted that a subcommittee of the Utah State Legislature unanimously passed a Resolution (H.C.R. 3) Urging Congress to Stop Interent Pornography to Children and Employees. You may be interested to note that this resolution passed the House of Representatives and the Senate with a 100% vote on both floors. (When was the last time anything passed both the House and the Senate with a 100% favorable vote?) On Friday, February 23, Governor Huntsman signed the resolution. There will be a future ceremonial signing and then an official state delegation will deliver the resolution to members of the federal government.
“We are excited about this first step. It shows that people are ready to take action,” said Ralph Yarro, Chairman of The CP80 Foundation (cp80.org).
This sends a strong message to Washington that the people of the State of Utah want legislation to protect children and employees from Internet pornography. As I mentioned in comments to my previous post, this doesn’t accomplish anything in itself, but it lays a groundwork for bills ready to enter on Capitol Hill.
Hi LDS Webguy,
This post isn’t related to this topic per se. I just wanted to say I check out your blog and really enjoy it.
Also, I had a question for you. I wanted to know what the church’s official policy was on the use of collecting member’s email addresses and sending emails to a group of ward members. This came up in my current ward a few weeks ago when I asked if it was possible for someone to create an email reminder list for Enrichment. (Since I’m in Young Women’s, I have a hard time remembering when Enrichment is.) One of the board members told me that the church had come out with a policy stating that you couldn’t distribute emails to ward members because some people had abused this privilege in the past.
I’m curious about what the policy is, how long it has been in place, and why. I just wondered because it seems I’m getting mixed messages from the various wards I’ve been in. In my last ward, they sent out regular email announcements and they even include people’s email addresses on the Visiting Teaching slips I received. I also received emails from the stake through LDS.org. Were they just misinformed about church policy?
I am not aware of any policy from Church headquarters about not sending group e-mail messages. My stake does it all the time. That’s why the Stake and Ward Web Sites on LDS.org have the capability to store e-mail addresses. Having said that, you need to be careful with personal information (such as names, phone numbers, birthdays, addresses, and e-mail addresses). Some stakes or wards may have had problems when people collect too much information in one place and through carelessness, let it get misused (for example, for political or commercial purposes).