Anyone listening to Pope Francis has heard his call to resist unjust social conditions and go to the margins: to the poor, weak, and defenseless in our \u201cthrowaway culture\u201d\u009d marked by a \u201cglobalization of indifference.\u201d\u009d<\/p>\n
At the margins, I see twelve-year-old John fighting an addiction he did not seek. I see our daughters and sisters and wives viewed as objects for pleasure, victimized, and even trafficked. And I see a predatory porn industry that is nothing short of euphoric over these developments.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s a greater sense of optimism,\u201d\u009d a leader in the porn industry was quoted as saying earlier this year. \u201cI believe the companies that have stood the test of time . . . have figured out a way to stay viable. I would say it\u2019s a new era for the industry.\u201d\u009d<\/p>\n
It is most certainly a new era. The time has come to join our children at the margins and to defund the industries that prey so viciously and unjustly upon them.<\/p>\n