Luv ya Oprah... but what?!

posted on 2:01 PM | permalink

Oprah is a force to be reckoned with. Her career is stunning and admirable. She's done lots and lots of excellent shows on the effects of pornography and addiction and even put up a site tracking sexual predators. Bravo! So... what's next?

Well, she could call attention to recent peer reviewed studies showing the emotional damage of using pornography within a marriage, or how people who view porn are three times more likely to use paid prostitutes, or how 66% of kids reported unwanted exposure to pornography on the Internet.

Nope. Instead I get this email from a friend of the Lighted Candle Society:

As I am usually a big fan, I flew to Chicago to attend a taping of Oprah's show with a few girl friends. Initially it was very exciting and fun, but once they announced the topic (you never know beforehand) that excitement turned to disappointment and embarrassment. The topic was "How to Spice up Your Sex Life".

Oprah started by promoting a book By Dr. Pepper Schwartz called "Prime" which deals with her sexual adventures as a 60 year woman on countless one night stands around the world. http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/books/324356_pepper20.html . She advocates adding sexual adventures (one night stands, anonymous partners, etc) to your life for women over age 50 whether or not they are married.

The show went from bad to worse as Oprah posited that Erotica and Pornography could be acceptable and her guest encouraged people to use porn (movies, magazines, affairs) to enhance their relationships.

She then interviewed a couple who was advocating and practicing an "open marriage". Oprah's panel of experts that offer advice for relationships said that they regularly prescribe pornography to couples as a positive means to spice up their sex life and intimacy.

At no time, did the panel discuss or did Oprah argue about problems or devastation that these ill-conceived ideas can have on a marriage.

I'm writing in hopes that I can convince each of you to help get the word to Oprah that this topic is exactly the thing that is destroying families and individuals in America. We must protect our families from the pornography and filth that is so prevalent today. We have to take a stand and convince her producers that this show should not be shown.

We'll have some updates this weekend and into next week.

Labels: pornography, promiscuity