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AFA JournalPORNOGRAPHYAussie Anti-Porn Crusade Cinches Win Over PlayboyAFA Journal, March 2001 Edition The Australian Federation For the Family (AFF) has ended a 17-year-campaign against Playboy magazine in that country with an unprecedented and complete victory: the Australian version of the magazine has closed its doors. AFF, which is affiliated with American Family Association, began the battle against Playboy in 1983. Founders Jack and Margaret Sonneman (See AFA Journal, 1/01.) have never doubted they could prevail against the infamous Playboy. "When we began, many tried to convince us that we could not succeed," Jack said. "We chose not to believe them. We chose to believe God." The fight against Playboy was won in a succession of smaller steps. For example, AFF targeted advertisers who would be more subject to consumer disapproval, and all the advertisers eventually canceled their contracts with the magazine. AFF's activities against Australian porn in general also hurt Playboy. The ministry successfully lobbied legislators to raise the age in which girls could appear nude in pornography--from 16 to 18 years old. AFF also convinced legislators to pass laws restricting children's access to porn in the stores which sell such materials. Jack Sonneman said AFF's next target will be Australian Penthouse, the Down-Under version of the U.S. porn rag. He said that, over the last two decades, Penthouse circulation has dropped from 400,000 to 78,000. "Over the years we have declared this [fight against porn] a ‘winnable war' and we are winning it a battle at a time," Sonneman said. "We will continue this war until all our children are safe from porn." |
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