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Show Lehi Free Press New Utah! - Wednesday, March 24, 1999 - Page 2 Opinion t.JMm Sold! to the vending machine. junkie in the first row jiw,iw!l.t" Will pornograhy laws be enforced? the videos would stay or go. And then something amazing happened. On my way home from work, a noticed a moving van at the Movie Buffs store in American Fork. There were no reporters on scene. And no officers of the court were present when the moving van emptied the store and it's videos, took down the Movie Buffs sign, and then drove away. Even though the power of the courts had not ruled on the videos, the power of the dollar had already had rendered it's verdict. Ironically, the video stores attempt to attract a cheap buck by offering the videos had just the opposite effect. After the concerns they raised to Movie Buffs Management fell on deaf ty few ears, people took their entertainment :. of I had a chance to talk with a the jurists after the trial. One man told dollar elsewhere, and the video store was ' me that he was aware of the videos at forced to close down it's doors. ?; In days past, it may have been possiMovie Buffs but quite frankly didn't think they affected him. After the trail ble for "good communities" to just happen. Today, we must fight for our neighhe sounded a different tune. The pictures I saw were very dis- borhoods or watch them go the way of so many others. The other side will continturbing", he said. "I can see how pornogeffect on a have can an persons ue to maintain that there is no such raphy mind." After the first day of watching the thing as a "community standard." w videos he said he "went home and cried." Buttheronceptofa"commumtystan- Not surprisingly, he wasn't the only one dard" was the precise language the shaken up by what he saw as all six Supreme Court came up with when they members of the jury issued the following declared that "obscene material is not statement at the end of the trial: protected by the First Amendment" (Roth v United States, 354 U.S. 476). As "We found the materials presented in this case to be obscenepornographic in we have already seen, an argument nature. We believe that jurors and memagainst the community standard is an bers of this community that citizens who argument for no standard. Video stores, oppose pornography should take an hotels and bookstores are closely watchactive role in preventing is distribution". ing this case. And some of them hope you Unfortunately, the first trial was are not paying any attention. Here's what you can do: declared a mistrial after one sole jurist Join us at the Judge Steven refused to agree that the "average person applying contemporary community Hansen's court in Provo (4th District standards" would consider the videos Court, 125 N 100 W) during closing argupornographic. It was reported that he ments and before the jury begins to felt that he himself could not determine deliberate. Your presence there will help the standard for the community even jurists know that you care about enforcthough the duty of any jurist is to repre- ing our pornography laws as they try to decide the community standard. (Please sent the community. e Ironically, while mamtaining that he see http:members.trirjod.comnieFam-ilySitfor more information could not determine the standard, his actions had precisely the effect of setting on the time and date) no standard. The case is being retried to Politely ask managers of bookstores, video stores, and hotel operations to dishave an enforceable law against pornogcontinue distributing pornography. It raphy distribution. But there is a silver lining to this they refuse, take your entertainment ;. story which did not make the headlines. dollar elsewhere. A couple of years ago the battle lines had Contaqt he ytah Ckunty Attorney's-Offi- ce and express your support tor- -, been drawn. The JUtaj Count Prosecusearch-warrfcom a endorsing. Utah's pomograptyJjEJall tor received a ant judge to confiscate the videos and then Write1' letters to the editor. Tell did so. Movie Buffs and the ACLU counfriends and neighbors. And, most importered by threatening to sue on constitutional grounds even though the First tantly, don't be afraid to speak out It is Amendment offers to such protection your community. And remember that "tolerance" against pornography distribution. doesn't Even the judge ordered that the while an important virtue movies would be placed under seal until have to accommodate violations of the the trial. The news speculated whether "law". Douglas Brockbank "Have you ever been to war? That was what it was like. We were waging war with Satan." That was what one jurist told a reporter after watching 16 hours of pornographic movies during first Movie Buffs Trials last June (SL Tribune 62598). It is against the law to distribute pornography in Utah provided it meets the legal definition and violates the "community's standard" (the so called "Miller Test"). The retrial of that case is now going on. The outcome will set an important precedent for how readily available pornography is in Utah CounBy i : te , 370-802- 6 made it go around once to see the overall choices available. a vending machine gave me quite a Several years later, on our first trip to another two weeks . about shock; ago, Las Vegas to visit family, I was surprised machine tried to get me to take the bait again by a machine that sold bottled The shocker came to me and my felwater. low missionaries when we first arrived which we from immediately I know that bottled water is no new zines, at We in landed the country in Japan. collective our turned gaze. invention, but seeing a large machine about 6 p.m. and were shuttled to a hotel ahead machines more With looming that dispensed water into containers from the in an area that seemed quite far new airport, which was encircled with of us on the path, we decided to curtail brought from home, we knew we were no barbed wire and armed guards due to our walk and return to the hotel, making longer in Kansas. Other than my mission magazine the opposition to the new facility from sure we averted our gaze in the opposite around. we turned as direction experience, the BYU Automat wannabe local farmers. encounwe two next water in Vegas, I k Over the and the years, meal the hotel's to in a Entitled machines that dispensed all sorts hadn't thought too much about the verrestaurant, we all selected steak, believ- tered of products to anyone passing by on the satility of the lowly vending machine ing that it might be the last one we could street until I went to Payson two weeks ago. afford to taste while in the country. as such these cigaitems, As we passed the town's sporting Although We slept soundly after our goods store, we noticed a flashy machine transcontinental ride, and awoke rettes and condoms, were not as blatantdisre; offering, of all things, LIVE BATE refreshed and ready to start what we all ly offensive as the magazines of I was surprised that they would be Are the worms delivered Automat-stylpute, "the two of our best would be years hoped so readily available. where they are paraded around on lives." I to I returned the When states, carousel until you find the a revolving Since the final leg of our journey did where the vending ones to your liking? Or do they come out not; start until after noon, we decided to enrolled at BYU, take a walk in the area to get a taste of machines are as varied as they are nec- in varying quantities, like jelly bean machines, which may give you more our new surroundings. We did get a essary, since one can make a vending without causproduct if you shake the machine viotaste, as it were, and certainly more than machine work on Sunday one's ecclesiastical alarm among ing for. we bargained lently before inserting your money and , We walked out of the parking lot of leaders turning the quarter? was particularly enthralled by the They may spew forth a la hot coffee the hotel and turned left onto the machine with a rotating carousel inside, vending machines, where the cup drops looked like toward a what walking almost first, followed by the product and finwhere bnepushes a button small town. As we finally passed the vast expanse like the famed New York Automats of old ished off with a dollop of dirt, where you to peruse the many different treats find yourself lucky if the two items drop of the hotel lawn, we saw a vending until the desired product is in the proper order. available wasus. it Of machine approach course, with the window through which Or perhaps one gets the opportunity n't walking, but its extreme proximity to aligned one retrieves the item. to operate a little crane, like one may do the sidewalk almost gave us that impresThose machines would be great were in the arcades, scooping up the worms of sion. not for the perennial problem that they one's own choosing. it Since there was no writing on the side The big question is not how the prodof the machine even if there had been, were grossly understocked. (Perhaps the we had no Vending Department has been staffed uct is dispensed, but how does the we couldn't have read it machine keep the product alive? idea what product(s) were in the better of late.) If you missed your shiny, unbruised This is no fish story, there really are machine. or your favorite flavor of yogurt, worms or some sort of live bait crawling Eagerly, we looked into the glass front apple you had to wait quite a while until it around in a vending machine in Payson, as we came to its face. Unlike in America, you see, these made its rounds back to the proper win- just waiting for someone to take the bait, machines offered inappropriate maga- - dow. 'And that is" Sfter youVe already drop in some change and set them free. Just slightly more than 20 years ago, drive-for-drin- 12-ho- . e, - side-wal- gle. The senior class has decided to try and raise $6,000 to get a computer for their class gift to help schoolmate and cerebral palsy victim Becky Tincher communicate with the world. Becky is unable to speak well and communicates using a book of words and pictures. The seniors felt this would be an appropriate way to show their gratitude for what they have. This is also the week for Scouting for Food. You should have received your plastic bag over the weekend; if you didn't, get in touch with your local Scout leader and I'm sure they can find one for you. This is the 12th year that the Scouts have collected nonperish-abl- e items to help restock the food banks right in our own state. I had the privilege on Sunday of listening to a former player of mine report on his LDS mission to Rostov, Russia. He spoke with great feeling of his encounters with the common people of that country, and of the small acts of kindness the missionaries were able to do to help those who had no way to help themselves. His mother spoke of grousing recently about the detour forced by the latest road construction on 4800 West, and said she was brought up short son. Elder maturity, wisdom and digadministrative nity. Bishopoverseer role of the local church. Pastor the beliefs as given to me by Pastor Robert feeding, caring and shepherding minHays of the Faith Independent Baptist Church. istry of man. He is also to be taken care of financially by the local church (1 Cor. 'Individual soul liberty Every and is to be the 9:14; 1 Tim. 5:17-18- ) individual, whether; saved 0r.n0t4.-hafollow i spiritual shepherd of the flock (congreHis. commands: written m the Bible, thev gation), and a preacher and teacher of aSfofesfiChrBt wfiy the Bible. forces never freedojnijjG! ;i t$J$fWB rt &eyweren't-baphaetitMiiMaialcertJain posiSdsSi. &achn of us ai "Second, the deacon's office and qualaccountable for our actions and there- joined a Bible believing church (2 Cor. ifications are described in 1 Timothy 3. fore God cannot be blamed for the deci- 5:1-11- ). Only a saved, baptized church The key idea is that this man is to be a sions of mankind. As Independent Bap- member protects the purity of a local servant of the local church (Acts 6:1-- 7 and Phil. 1:1) tists, we try to convince others of the church and its Biblical teachings. As promised from two weeks ago, here is part two of the summary of s (U.S.P.S. No. 309-50- r. truth and warn them of eternal NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION real . - i - Telephone Numbers 59 West Main American Fork, Utah 84003 & Circulation Deadlines 9 .Brett Bezzant Managing Editor City Editor ' .... .756-527-3 Publisher JewtahJews UMtfiffMniiMi NATIONAL conse- quences, but we never force or persecute anyone because of their beliefs. A person needs a change of heart, not a forced belief "A person can accept the Lord Jesus Christ as Saviour (John 1:12) by faith alone and receive eternal life and the forgiveness of sins or one can reject Him and spend eternity in the Lake of Fire Rev. 20:15). We all (John 12:44-50- ; accept the consequence of our actions. Hepatitis A member of ffA n fcf Ctfjpsnt rfCTl vle,& "Separation of Church and State The Bible teachesabout two spheres the government and in the world God. Each has its own authority and each is to be obeyed, but they are to remain separate. The state should not control the religious affairs of the church and, more importantly, no denomination or church should control the affairs of government. We are to give to the state what belongs to it and we are to give to God what belongs to Him (Matt 2:21). When there is a conflict between the two, we must obey God rather than man. This is a principle that our country was founded upon, under the Baptist influence, and it is still needed today. "As true Christians, it is our response bility to support the government by pay ing just taxes and to submit to its authority, which would include armed service duty, jury duty, or even being involved as an elected official. We should also honor our government by being good citizens and also pray for it, even the salvation of our leaders' soul because God wants all to be saved by putting their trust in Christ by faith alone that all may '...lead a quiet anil peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.'" (Rom 2:1-6- 13:1-7- 1 ; Pet 2:13-1- 7; 1 TinJ. ) Reader's Forum Advertising News 1521-685- 3) . "The Bible notes three steps in egards to church membership. First is salvation by trusting Jesus Christ by faith alone. Second, a believer uses a public confession of that faith by being baptized, which identifies the believer to the Lord fof everyone to see. Third, one is added to the membership of a group of believers or a local church and is admonished i help? and provide for the local church by numerous activities such as, giving, praying, and caring for others, "Saved, baptized church mem- which will complement the local church. bership The entrance into heaven, God has established this standard in the where God abides, is not by baptism but Bible and, as a local church, we need to ' by having one's name in the Lamb's maintain it. Book of Life by trusting Jesus Christ as Two offices Pastor and Deacons. when she thought of those people. one's personal Saviour by faith alone in Even though the church's governing Most Russians don't need to worry Phil. 4:3; Rev. power resides in the members of the about roads because they don't even this life (Luke 10:20; ' local church, we do have a clerk to do 20:12,15; 21:27). have cars. member of a a "Becoming things decently and in order (1 Cor. Baptist I've spent a good portion of my life church has to do with obeying a common 14:40; Exo. 17:14; Acts 15:22,23) and a in meanwhere even the places living of Lord aw Jesus our our to keep records and take care Christ. In treasurer est dwellings in our communities Christian walk the Lord Jesus Christ of the church's accounts. God has been those "small" even houses small on yes, lots so dreaded by some members of' directs us to be baptized after salvation, pleased to tell us in His Word that the then join a good Bible believing church oversight, hierarchy or officers to lead our city councils are palatial in comthat follows what He tells us to do in the church are just two. to most what have people parison obedience to His word, the Bible (Acts "First, the pastor is also referred to in there. the Bible as 'elder,' "bishop,' and 'overAfter all, we have floors, indoor 2:41,47). "It isn't what church one belongs to seer.' All of these titles refer to the same plumbing and electricity. Imagine how on earth that gets us into Heaven, person and not different offices, but to a worour completely incomprehensible ries over potential temporary Y2K where God abides, it's faith in Christ. If different characteristic of the same per interruptions of utility "service must seem to those who have no access to utilities at all. Even in the more prosperous parts of the rest of the world, there are relatively few who can enjoy a lot of the things we just take for fluid splash in her eye. B is granted here. , There are risks to everything. I now There are, of course, myriads of worof have risk a cancer or Editor higher getting thy causes all clamoring for our donacirrhosis of the liver. Comforting isn't it! Mr. not I was letat Bevy's surprised of tions, but these ones are particular ter. It does not take much' to create con- I get very concerned with any medicanote because our children are sponsorcern and controversy in "Happy Valley." tion that may affect my liver. Even ing them. Not everyone in our commucan be of concern. I no longer nities lives in a mansion on a hill and Certainly no one has transfer of body flu- Tylenol freedom of choice, but if I had, I have the ids here B. that cause might Hepatitis there are probably few families in a would have vaccinated. You still have I am a of B. victim I Hepatitis position to give large donations, but if amWell, - the freedom to choose, risk of disease or in havrisk is a that true, high group, everyone made a small one, the objecing been a nurse for years. I have still no protection. Hepatitis B is real. tives would soon be reached. Carla Lott,RN It is my hope that when our young ' idea how I contracted it, but. have become more of aware its effects acutely be people come calling, youH prepared and prevalence in our society. I was one Congratulations, Mtn; Ridge to give what you can in support of their the lucky ones since I didn't "die", or of earnest efforts. Donations, to the two ' remain a "carrier" of the disease. I also Editor can be school made high projects I the had distinct privilege of attenddidn't have to lose 6 months of work as directly at the front office. did one of my friends, who had a body ing the Mountain Ridge- Junior High Published weekly by (ISSN No. k, Part II: What an independent baptist believes There are many ways to help It's time for members of our communities to open their hearts and pocket-book- s to help those who are less fortunate than we are. For the past several weeks, the Lone Peak chapter of Operation Smile has been attempting to raise a few thousand dollars to pay for a handful of facial reconstruction surgeries for poor children who could otherwise not afford them. 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J This year's concert highlight came as they played all of the anthems for the branches of the armed services, the Navy, Army, Coast Guard, Marines, and Air Force. As each song began, those in the audience who had served in thai; branch of the services would rise and were applauded by the audience. There were those who saluted as they stood and others smiled and most had tears flowing down their cheeks. It had a tremendous impact on the kids and made us realize again that our freedom does notcome without sacrifice. j Representative Lowell A, Nelson US Br Mail P.O. Box 7, American Fork, UT , In Bv Fax 84003 756-527- Person 59 W. Main, American Fork 4 By editor newutah.com POOR C |