……1933, America…..
(Rt. Rev John Timothy McNicholas, Archbishop of Cincinnati to the right)
(Pic found here)
In 1933, Archbishop John McNicholas composed a membership pledge for the Legion. Between nine and eleven million Catholics signed the following pledge:
I wish to join the Legion of Decency, which condemns vile and unwholesome moving pictures. I unite with all who protest against them as a grave menace to youth, to home life, to country and to religion. I condemn absolutely those salacious motion pictures which, with other degrading agencies, are corrupting public morals and promoting a sex mania in our land. … Considering these evils, I hereby promise to remain away from all motion pictures except those which do not offend decency and Christian morality. (Wiki post)
(Bust of the Rt. Rev John Timothy McNicholas)
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