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Stop Anti-Family Attorney from Becoming #2 at Justice Department



If there is ever a chance to stop the assault upon our lives that Internet pornography represents, it is through the Department of Justice being tough and enforcing the obscenity laws on the books. That is why it just rings with irony that David Ogden, whose hearing is today, is President Obama's pick for Deputy Attorney General.

* Pornography and Obscenity: Ogden has extensively represented Playboy, Penthouse and other pornography businesses on numerous occasions and even argued to force the government to use tax dollars to publish portions of Playboy in Braille at the Library of Congress. He also served as legal counsel opposing the Children's Internet Protection Act and the Child Protection Obscenity and Enforcement Act, which requires pornographers to verify "performers" are not children.
* Anti-Life Record: Ogden has a record of supporting an almost unlimited right to abortion, providing legal counsel for groups like Planned Parenthood, National Organization for Women and People for the American Way. He argued that "abortion rarely causes or exacerbates psychological or emotional problems," opposed parental notification for 14-year-olds, and called spousal notification a "burden" that "cannot be justified."
* Pro-homosexuality activism: Ogden served as counsel of record for a legal brief that said homosexuality "is a normal form of human sexuality" and has called traditional marriage a "social prejudice."

Ogden has been nominated to uphold the very laws he has spent a career fighting.
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Call your senators when you get this email and ask them to oppose the nomination of David Ogden. The Capitol Switchboard number is: 202-224-3121.