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Dear Friends,

TV networks continue to blast our airwaves with indecent and obscene programs despite children in the viewing audience. The Protecting Children from Indecent Programming Act, S. 1780, would allow the FCC to penalize broadcasters for irresponsible programming - yet Senator Harry Reid (D-Nevada) will not bring this bill to the Senate floor for a vote!

How can we get his attention? Everyone calling their legislators on a designated day!

Please call your Senators at 202-224-3121 on Tuesday, February 5, and urge them to ask Senators Reid and Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) to bring S. 1780 to a vote.

This bill is desperately needed to help restore parents' ability to provide wholesome entertainment without indecent material invading their living room through the TV while their children are watching. During a recent interview on Good Morning America, actress Diane Keaton used the "f-word" at 8:00 in the morning. It is simply unacceptable to use this type of language on television, particularly at a time when millions of parents and children will be in the viewing audience.

The stakes on this issue could not be any clearer. If this legislation is not passed, the broadcast decency bill we all worked so hard to pass last year will have been for naught. Activist judges have nit-picked that law. This bill makes clear that the FCC can penalize single instances of indecency.

Indecent broadcasters and activist courts should not be the ones determining what programming is appropriate for children, particularly when their standards do not reflect the majority of American families.

Senators Reid and McConnell have the ability to bring this to the Senate floor quickly and ensure the FCC can do its job.

Action: Please call your Senators on Tuesday, February 5, at 202-224-3121, and urge them to ask Senators Reid and McConnell to bring S. 1780 to the floor. The networks should not air indecent programming on public television, especially while children are watching.

Sincerely,

Wendy Wright
President

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