The Southern Baptist Convention will consider a resolution this summer supporting a government ban on pornography. Other denominations should consider doing the same. The time is ripe for Christians across the nation to speak with moral clarity. Pornography is unequivocally evil. For the sake of the common good, it should be illegal.

Pornography is nothing new. Archaeologists have found evidence that the vice is nearly as old as recorded human history. But the internet has raised the stakes considerably. Long gone are the days when pornography was mostly limited to seedy theatres in red-light districts, the back room of video rental stores, and salacious magazines sold in brown paper bags. In our digital age, pornography is always just a click away.

Traditional Christians and other social conservatives have long denounced pornography as a grave moral ill that degrades individuals, destroys families, and contributes to cultural decline. Indeed, WORLD Opinions regularly publishes columns that address this topic from a variety of angles. But recent years have witnessed increased concern over the “pornification” of American society, even among non-Christians and some progressives. Those concerns are beginning to find their way into legislation.

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