As important as it is to fight back against the far-left which has absolutely hijacked the Democratic party, it’s also important to fight back against far-right kooks whenever they emerge. One such far-right kook is Rep. Broun of Georgia who wants to take porn magazines away from soldiers.

U.S. Rep. Paul Broun, R-Ga., has introduced legislation that would close a loophole in the current law that allows the sale of some sexually explicit material on military bases by lowering the threshold required to deem material “sexually explicit.”

This is in response to a Department of Defense committee that reviews materials sold on bases ruled last year that magazines such as Playboy and Penthouse are not pornographic. But Broun’s Military Honor and Decency Act includes language that could make those magazines eligible for the ban.

The new language in the law could eventually lead to a ban on magazines such as Maxim or FHM, which do not show nudity and are not pornographic in any way. Regardless of what Broun says, I can assure you that his underlying intention is to rid bases of any magazines that show even a little skin.

With all the problems this country is facing right now with high gas prices, egregious health insurance costs, rising food prices, and an overall slumping economy, it’s keeping soldiers from reading ‘Playboy’ that most concerns Rep. Broun.

Here’s his explanation:

Broun said he is concerned by the negative effects of all pornography, including an increase in the number of violent sexual crimes on military bases.

“It erodes the family as a primary building block of society,” he said, “and it denigrates the moral standing of our troops both here and abroad.”

Reading the latest issue of Swank doesn’t erode families, but untreated Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) sure as hell does.

It’s not the bloody guerrilla insurgency that our troops are currently fighting that’s causing marital problems, its gotta be the stroke books. Yeah right.

Maybe Rep. Broun should take a break from trying to legislate morality and work on making sure our soldiers are getting everything they need when they return from war.

People like Rep. Paul Broun need to quit with the self-righteous nonsense and start working on issues that actually matter.

-Chris Jones