A Way of Escape
A conversation with anti-pornography activist Jerry Kirk.
July 1, 1995
Jerry Kirk knows pornography. While pastoring College Hill Presbyterian Church in Cincinnati, Ohio, he founded the National Coalition Against Pornography, an alliance of citizen-action groups, foundations, and religious denominations, as well as the Religious Alliance Against Pornography (RAAP). They helped fight porn in Cincinnati. In 1988, Jerry resigned his pastoral charge to pour fulltime energies into his effort, which is now called the National Coalition for the Protection of Children & Families.
His campaign has taken him to the halls of Washington D.C., the talkshow set of Oprah Winfrey, and the studios of NBC "Nightly News."
But to Jerry, the fight against pornography is not just political; it's personal. Why? He is the father of five children and the grandfather of sixteen.
"If I fall morally," says Jerry, "I hurt my children and grandchildren."
LEADERSHIP wanted to know what a pastor and anti-porn activist has learned about winning the personal battle against pornography.
ARE WE WINNING OR LOSING THE BATTLE AGAINST PORNOGRAPHY?
Kirk: Despite recent legislative victories outlawing hard-core material, pornography is omnipresent. It assaults people in hotel rooms, in airports, in convenience stores. The seductive woman described in the Book of Proverbs is now in every hotel room, literally seducing Christian men all over America.
IRONICALLY, YOUR WORK PUTS YOU IN HOTELS MANY NIGHTS EACH YEAR. IS WATCHING PORNOGRAPHY ON CABLE A TEMPTATION FOR YOU?
On six separate occasions during the last two years, I struggled whether to watch pornography while staying in a motel room. The first time, I was flipping through the channels to find the World Series. While flipping through the channels, I came across a channel with half-nude ...
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