Fifty Shades Of Immorality

When my wife first heard about Fifty Shades Of Grey, she joked that it was about my hair. Sadly, a book and movie about my hair would probably have more artistic worth!  We call it Fifty Shades Of Immorality.  There was a time, not that long ago, when the majority of people would have dismissed this smut for what it is - a total disrespect for something which should be sacred and beautiful. Pornography and perversion have become so commonplace in our lives that the sources of this material are everywhere.  Whatever happened to the days when married couples on TV slept in separate beds?  Are we not becoming a modern day Sodom and Gomorrah? Even though we are surrounded by sleazy material, we do not have to watch it.  In 2006, Gordon B. Hinckley stated: "I recently read that pornography has become a $57 billion industry worldwide. Twelve billion of this is derived in the United States by evil and "conspiring men" who seek riches at the expense of the gullible.  It is reported that it produces more revenue in the United States than the 'combined revenues off all professional, football, baseball and basketball franchises or the combined revenues of ABC, CBS, and NBC'. It robs the workplace of the time and talents of employees. '20% of men admit accessing pornography at work.  13% of women (do so)...10% of adults admit having internet sexual addiction.   One in five children ages 10-17 (has) received a sexual solicitation over the Internet... We do not have to view salacious magazines. We do not have to read books laden with smut. We do not have to watch television that is beneath wholesome standards. We do not have to rent movies that depict that which is filthy. We do not have to sit at the computer and play with pornographic material found on the Internet. Recognize pornography for what it is - a vicious brew of slime and sleaze, the partaking of which only leads to misery, degradation, and regret. Avoid it as you would a terrible disease".