Is there a difference between sex-ed and pornography in Texas?

A father who forced his children to watch hard-core porn, including group sex can’t be charged under Texas law according to the Randall County District Attorney. The children are and 8 and 9 year-old daughters whose father, divorced from the mother “made them watch adults having group sex and various other acts at his home in Amarillo. The parents of the girls, and their 7-year-old sister, are divorced and share custody.”

Texans do everything big, including making bigger mistakes than who they vote in for Governor. The law allows parents to show “harmful material” to their children. Which this lawyer-prosecutor believes sanctions parents showing porn to their children. Here in Iowa we make a distinction between educational materials and those considered pornography. The one is to educate the other In this instance the facts might lead one to conclude the parent’s actions fit in the prurient interests category. Most

“An appeal to "prurient" interest is an appeal to a morbid, degrading and unhealthy interest in sex, as distinguished from a mere candid interest in sex.”

In most states they look at the goal to be achieved and perhaps this father sees group sex as a way to achieve his goal of sex education. Apparently the mother, who wanted her ex jailed, wasn’t too happy.

Pornography is the depiction of sexual behavior that is intended to arouse sexual excitement in its audience. During the twentieth century, Americans debated whether pornographic material should be legally protected or banned.

So the question remains, what was his intention? So when Texas officials aren't beating up on injured people what else do they do? It appears they've found the Internet...

HOUSTON – March 2009

Raising children is difficult enough without trying to do it from a jail cell

Recently we've read disturbing news alerts, here are a few reports that alarm us. We report on stories like this hoping others will read and learn the lessons having to do with child safety. Keep in mind these are the news reports and news is not always the way things turn out nor are news stories always true; meaning the facts may be different than what is reported.

A 21-year old woman from Norfolk, Nebraska faces felony charges of abuse and neglect of her 2 year old son who was left home alone overnight in their apartment on May 1, 2009. Police responded to a call that the child was alone and had the child removed immediately. The apartment manager informed the mother who returned more than 12 hours after leaving that her son had been removed.

On May 4, 2009, another mother from Omaha, Nebraska left her 3 month old baby home alone and was arrested for drunk driving while out to buy more booze! Besides the DUI charge, this woman faces felony child abuse, and driving with a suspended license.

In late April 2009, also in Omaha, a 2 year old and 4 year old were found home alone when a neighbor called the apartment manager about water leaking through his ceiling. The manager found the children home alone with an overflowing toilet. The children told the officers that they were usually home alone when their mother was at work. The father of these children has been cited for neglect……was he supposed to be home watching them?

Nebraska’s safe haven law which was enacted in September 2008, allows parents to abandon their children at a hospital without fear of prosecution, NO QUESTIONS ASKED.

If nothing else consider the consequences ……if you don’t want the responsibility of raising children, or if they are in the way of your good time at least allow them to be adopted by people who would provide good homes, people who wouldn’t think about leaving a baby home alone. Think of the child.