Pentagon: Adult magazines ok for military bases; don't meet standards for 'indecent material'

A top Pentagon official, answering a question from an anti-pornography group, says adult magazines are allowed for sale on military installations because they do not meet the definition of "indecent material."

According to a story in The Military Times, Frederick Vollrath, assistant secretary of defense for readiness and force management, in response to a complaint from Morality in Media, said publications such as Playboy, Penthouse and Nude, do not meet the federal definition of indecent material, and are thus allowed for sale on Department of Defense property.

Morality in Media, an anti-pornography group, had complained that the magazines should not be sold on DOD property because it violates the Military Honor and Decency Act of 1996 which prohibits the sale or rental at military exchanges of material in which ?the dominant theme ... depicts or describes nudity, including sexual or excretory activities or organs in a lascivious way.?

Morality in Media released the response letter from Vollrath, saying his response ?would be hilarious if it were not so tragic.? The group said it does not understand ?why the Pentagon will continue to sell porn magazines despite being in the midst of its unprecedented sexual exploitation scandal.?

Source: http://blog.al.com/wire/2013/07/pentagon_adult_magazines_ok_fo.html

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