Kansas City Con

November, 1988

a high-powered antiporn blitz makes a farce of the truthIn the jail of 1987, the National Coalition Against Pornography launched a local chapter in Kansas City, Missouri. Under the leadership of Christopher Cooper, a former executive in direct-mail advertising, the campaign flooded Kansas City with advertisements alleging the dangers of pornography.The author, a professor emeritus of Christian ethics at St. Paul School of Theology, investigated the Stop movement. The following article first appe...

Like what you see? Upgrade your access to finish reading.

Articles from the Playboy archive are available to Playboy.com Subscribers. Subscribe to unlock this article instantly, along with everything else a Playboy.com subscription includes.