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Chief Censor OK’s Sex-Violence-Smut Voyeurism
Monday, 15 November 2004, 11:37 am | Society For Promotion Of Community Standards Inc.
Chief Censor Bill Hastings, in releasing the Annual Report of the Office of Film and Literature Classification (OFLC) which was tabled in parliament on Thursday the 11th of November 2004, commented on the disturbing trend in the levels of “more callous, ... More >>
Chief Censor and Board he sat on Admits Error
Friday, 12 November 2004, 6:08 pm | Society For Promotion Of Community Standards Inc.
The Chief Censor Bill Hastings has admitted in the Annual Report 2004 of the Office of Film and Literature Classification (OFLC) which was tabled in parliament yesterday that the Film and Literature Board of Review “had no jurisdiction to hold the review ... More >>
Aspiring College-Age Prostitutes and Pimps
Friday, 12 November 2004, 4:25 pm | Society For Promotion Of Community Standards Inc.
The Society is not surprised over a news report today that New Zealand college students have expressed aspirations of becoming brothel workers, drug lords, dope dealers, dope packers, strippers, pimps, beneficiaries and druggies living on the street. ... More >>
Report: “Irreversible” “Homophobic Rants”
Tuesday, 9 November 2004, 10:49 am | Society For Promotion Of Community Standards Inc.
GayNZ.com has accused John Laws “an Australian talk radio host” of a “barrage of homophobic abuse” and an “alleged [NZ] comedian Mike King and low-rating [Radio Pacific] talk radio host Mark Bennett” of “homophobic rants” of an “offensive nature”(6/11/04). ... More >>
Report: "Irreversible" Homophobia & ‘Hate Speech’
Thursday, 4 November 2004, 3:04 pm | Society For Promotion Of Community Standards Inc.
Three months after the Society applied to the Film and Literature Board of Review for a reclassification of the French film “Irreversible” (2002) which features a brutal nine minute anal rape of a young pregnant woman by a homosexual man and extreme ... More >>
Court of Appeal to Look at Sex-Violence Film
Monday, 1 November 2004, 11:07 am | Society For Promotion Of Community Standards Inc.
The Society filed its submissions with the Court of Appeal on Friday 29 October in its case against the Film and Literature Board of Review dealing with the classification of the French sex violence-rape film “Baise-Moi” (translated “Fu*k Me”). More >>
CoA to Look at Sex-Violence Film ''Baise-Moi''
Monday, 1 November 2004, 9:18 am | Society For Promotion Of Community Standards Inc.
Today the Society filed its submissions with the Court of Appeal in its case against the Film and Literature Board of Review dealing with the classification of the French sex violence-rape film ''Baise-Moi'' (translated ''Fu*k Me''). More >>
Civil Unions “Anathema” to Marilyn Waring
Saturday, 23 October 2004, 11:50 am | Society For Promotion Of Community Standards Inc.
“Queer Nation”, TV2’s (Adults Only) programme, the one that “sizzles with sex appeal” according to its promo as it “explores the issues in New Zealand's gay and lesbian community”, featured a punishing attack last night on the concept of civil unions. ... More >>
Promote Supports Ban On “Irreversible”
Friday, 22 October 2004, 2:07 pm | Society For Promotion Of Community Standards Inc.
The Upper Hutt-based community group PROMOTE has today supported the application of the Society to the Film and Literature Board of Review, to have the French anal rape-revenge film “Irreversible” banned. More >>
Film Board To Re-Classify “Irreversible”
Friday, 22 October 2004, 2:05 pm | Society For Promotion Of Community Standards Inc.
The Society made its oral submission today to the nine-member Film and Literature Board of Review to have the R18 French film “Irreversible” banned or significantly cut. Board members had viewed the film that contains a nine-minute brutal anal rape ... More >>
Submission: Promote Supports Ban On "Irreversible"
Friday, 22 October 2004, 10:41 am | Society For Promotion Of Community Standards Inc.
THE SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF COMMUNITY STANDARDS INC. P.O. Box 13-683 Johnsonville SPCSNZ@hotmail.com http://www.spcs.org.nz More >>
Film Board To Re-Classify “Irreversible” Anal Rape
Friday, 22 October 2004, 10:40 am | Society For Promotion Of Community Standards Inc.
THE SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF COMMUNITY STANDARDS INC. P.O. Box 13-683 Johnsonville SPCSNZ@hotmail.com http://www.spc.org.nz More >>
Report: PC Immigration Policy Degrades Marriage
Wednesday, 20 October 2004, 2:39 pm | Society For Promotion Of Community Standards Inc.
New rules introduced by the Labour-led government through the New Zealand Immigration Service (NZIS) last year, mean that marriage relationships are being treated as the exact equivalents of de facto heterosexual and same-sex partnerships, in terms of ... More >>
Gaynz.Com Misrepresents Society (Spcs)
Wednesday, 20 October 2004, 1:46 pm | Society For Promotion Of Community Standards Inc.
Today GAYNZ.COM falsely accused the Society (SPCS) of issuing a press release that was "almost exclusively devoted to crying that ... gays don't deserve civil rights, and New Zealanders aren’t, in fact, liberal." The Society’s press release dated 19 ... More >>
Chris Carter’s Absurd Claim
Tuesday, 19 October 2004, 2:48 pm | Society For Promotion Of Community Standards Inc.
The Hon. Chris Carter, the self-proclaimed practising homosexual Cabinet Minister promoting the Civil Union Bill, delivered the keynote speech on Saturday 16th October 2004 to the annual conference of the NZ Rationalists and Humanists Association which ... More >>
Christians Call To Dump Civil Union Bill
Wednesday, 6 October 2004, 11:36 am | Society For Promotion Of Community Standards Inc.
The Society’s oral submission presented to the Justice and Electoral Committee on Monday evening the 4th of October 2004 by three of its executive members and its written submission, called for the Civil Union Bill and its companion Bill - The ... More >>
GAYNZ.com attack on 95% Opposed to Civil Unions
Monday, 20 September 2004, 11:02 am | Society For Promotion Of Community Standards Inc.
The massive and overwhelming opposition to the Civil Unions Bill, evidenced by 5,892 submissions (95.5% of the total of 6,170 submissions received by the select committee of parliament considering it), has been ignored by the media. Could it be that media ... More >>
Media Ignores 95% Thumbs Down for Civil Union Bill
Monday, 20 September 2004, 9:31 am | Society For Promotion Of Community Standards Inc.
The massive and overwhelming opposition to the Civil Unions Bill evidenced by the 5,892 submissions (95% of total) expressing opposition that have been received by the select committee considering it, has been ignored by the media. More >>
Challenge to PM and GPs over Secret Abortions
Friday, 17 September 2004, 3:18 pm | Society For Promotion Of Community Standards Inc.
In an article entitled “Counselling cuts abortions by 25%” in LIGHT (August 2004) published by The Festival of Light Australia (see special note below), the critical importance of the availability of counselling services to all women who are contemplating ... More >>
The link between homosexuality and child sex abuse
Friday, 17 September 2004, 12:17 am | Society For Promotion Of Community Standards Inc.
“The link between homosexuality and child sex abuse” is the title of a report in the latest issue of LIGHT (August-October 2004) published by Festival of Light, Australia [see Special note below]. In answer to the question: “Is there any evidence that ... More >>
