Pornography #10

"As we encounter that evil carrier, the pornography beetle, let our battle standard and that of our communities be taken from that famous ensign of early America, 'Don’t tread on me' (John Bartlett, Familiar Quotations, p. 1090).

"Let us join in the fervent declaration of Joshua: 'Choose you this day whom ye will serve … but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord' (Josh. 24:15). Let our hearts be pure. Let our lives be clean. Let our voices be heard. Let our actions be felt.

"Then the beetle of pornography will be halted in its deadly course. Pernicious permissiveness will have met its match. And we, with Joshua, will safely cross over Jordan into the promised land—even to eternal life in the celestial kingdom of our God."

President Thomas S. Monson, "Pornography--the Deadly Carrier," General Conference October 1979