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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 3, 2003 |
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Grassfire Rallies Over 320,000
Citizens WASHINGTON, DC — Today, the Grassfire.net team delivered more than 320,000 petitions from citizens throughout the land urging the Justice Department in support of their appeal of the Child Internet Protection Act (CIPA) to the U.S. Supreme Court! ”These petitions represent the voice of more than 320,000 Americans who want to see real legislation to keep Internet porn out of our government buildings, schools, libraries and other public facilities,” says Steve Elliott, President of Grassfire. The law, which required libraries to use filters to block pornography or risk losing federal monies, was overwhelmingly supported by 535 members of Congress and President Bush. In the end, the three Federal judges who overturned the law seemed more interested in protecting those viewing on-line pornography rather than the innocent children who use our libraries. Thankfully, the case was immediately turned over to the Supreme Court, where hearings are now underway, and a decision will soon follow. The petitions were gathered as part of Grassfire’s National Campaign To Stop Internet Porn. The National Campaign includes a specific call to “require all public places, schools, libraries to install pornography-filtering software.” “This petition delivery is a cry from the American people for our government to take action against pornographers who are using the Internet to put our families and our children at risk,” says Elliott. “We cannot allow three judges to derail the will of the American people and our leaders who are working to stop Internet porn.” Grassfire is one of the nation’s leading online grassroots citizen activist organizations, offering real impact, real feedback and real results to more than one million people across the nation and around the world! |