Conservative military watchdog Elaine Donnelly supports a bill introduced by a Georgia congressman that would ban the sale of certain men's magazine's on U.S. military bases around the world. Representative Paul Broun (R-Georgia) has introduced legislation (HR 5821) designed to close a loophole in the current law that allows certain magazines like Playboy and Penthouse to be sold on military posts. That loophole was created when last year a Defense Department committee that reviews materials sold on bases ruled that the magazines in question are not pornographic. 

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But Broun contends that the sales of such material have contributed to an increase in sexual assaults in the military and other problems. Elaine Donnelly, president of the Center for Military Readiness (CMI), believes Congressman Broun is on the right track.
 
"I think [Broun is] trying to close the loophole and stick to the beginning purpose of the law -- and that is to not have [items] sold on military bases materials that are somewhat offensive, certainly to women; that show disrespect for women; [and] that are not suitable to be in a family environment," Donnelly explains.

While she acknowledges that soldiers have the right to purchase whatever they want, Donnelly says purchases of porn magazines do not have to be made on a military installation. "We have a gender-mixed force now," she points out. "And people who feel they absolutely have to have the Playboy magazine ... have every First Amendment right to purchase that to read it in other places. But to expect the military to provide sales of that type of material, I think that's just a bit too much to ask," Donnelly contends.
 
The CMI leader says she hopes Broun's bill will pass. "I think it's a laudable effort -- and even liberals ought to support it," she adds. 

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