[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 58 (Thursday, April 10, 2003)]
[House]
[Page H3055]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 TEN COMMANDMENTS AND CHILD PORNOGRAPHY

  (Mr. PITTS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PITTS. Mr. Speaker, since March of last year, a shroud has 
covered a plaque on the front of the Chester County Courthouse in my 
District. By court order, a work crew placed a piece of sheet metal 
over the plaque which has hung on the wall of the courthouse for nearly 
a century. This week, the Federal 3rd Circuit Court heard arguments 
about the future of this plaque.
  Mr. Speaker, something is very wrong with our courts in this country. 
They say that child pornography is perfectly legal as long as real kids 
were not hurt making it, but the Ten Commandments are so offensive we 
have to cover them up. I am not exaggerating.
  Mr. Speaker, something is very, very wrong with America's court 
system when child pornography is protected, but the Ten Commandments 
have to be covered up.
  The 3rd Circuit Court should do the right thing. They should allow 
the plaque to stay right where it is.

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