by Larry Richman | Jan 27, 2010
Update Feb. 12, 2014: See Free Program for Youth to Overcome Pornography Fight the New Drug (FightTheNewDrug.org) is a youth-oriented, non-profit organization dedicated to raising global awareness on the addictive and harmful potential of pornography. Started by four...
by Larry Richman | Oct 14, 2009
In the last LDS general conference, Elder Scott spoke powerfully about the evils of pornography. Here are some resources that may be of help to those who have a pornography problem or are interested in helping in the fight to curtail the availability of pornography:...
by Larry Richman | Aug 17, 2009
I blogged recently about Covenant Eyes filtering and accountability software. I just watched a video about it (embedded below), and the first part of the video makes a great point: pornography is the perfect sin. Imagine creating the perfect sin: one that would tear...
by Larry Richman | Aug 12, 2009
I’ve mentioned previously some good resources in overcoming pornography. Today’s post highlights the Church’s Addiction Recovery Program for alcohol, drugs, tobacco, coffee, tea, pornography, inappropriate sexual behavior, gambling, codependency, and...
by Larry Richman | Jul 28, 2009
Yesterday, I blogged about Covenant Eyes accountability and filtering software. You may also be interested in reading their article Addressing Pornography Temptations in Your Church.
by Larry Richman | Jul 27, 2009
I’ve blogged previously about resources in overcoming pornography. Here’s another great program that I think has merit. Surveys show at least 70% of men and 21% of women struggle with online pornography. Covenant Eyes is a Christian-based program to help...
by Larry Richman | Apr 14, 2009
As a bishop, I have worked with many individuals who have struggled for years to find a way out of their pornography addictions. In spite of strong desires to overcome it, and good amounts of prayer and scripture reading, many of them struggle to overcome their habits...
by Larry Richman | Mar 23, 2009
Utah Coalition Against Pornography 8th Annual Conference on Protecting Children and Families from Pornography and Other Harmful Material Saturday, April 25, 2009 8:00am – 1:00pm South Towne Expo Center – Sandy, Utah This conference has become recognized...
by Larry Richman | Oct 11, 2008
What is Proposition 8? In the year 2000, over 61% of California voters passed Proposition 22, saying that a marriage in California is between a man and a woman. Earlier this year, four activist judges in San Francisco wrongly overturned the people’s vote,...
by Larry Richman | Dec 14, 2007
You may be interested in the following article that appeared in yesterday’s Deseret Morning News: ‘Gen XXX’ findings surprising By Tad Walch PROVO — Men are by far the main consumers in the mammoth worldwide porn industry, but today’s college...
by Larry Richman | Jan 12, 2007
For several years, there has been an effort to establish a new .xxx domain for online pornography. It has been shot down several times, but it is back in the news again. The Internet Corporation for Assigning Names and Numbers (ICANN), the Internet’s nonprofit...
by Larry Richman | Dec 5, 2006
A report from Juniper Research, “Mobile Adult Content: Text, Images & Video, 2006-2011,” forecasts that the mobile adult content market will grow from $1.4 billion in 2006 to more than $3.3 billion by 2011. The most lucrative regional markets will be...
by Larry Richman | Nov 29, 2006
About 1 percent of Web sites indexed by Google and Microsoft’s MSN are sexually explicit, according to a government-commissioned study. The US Department of Justice commissioned the study by Philip B. Stark, a professor of statistics at the University of...