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Couch Parties Against Censorship

Document Date: April 25, 2005

In Washington, self-appointed arbiters of morality are targeting cable programs with new rules that jeopardize freedom. Get involved by gathering with friends to watch your favorite shows, and urging your representatives to oppose restrictions to free speech on cable TV.HOST A COUCH PARTY!
Invite friends to your Couch Party against censorship. Use our invitation tools and download the materials to plan a get together. Celebrate freedom by watching the cable shows you like best.
COUCH PARTY MATERIALS

  • Party Invitation: Tell friends to join the fun and help make a difference.
  • Letter to Congress: Have guests urge your Senator not to expand indecency rules. Use our online tool to write your letter, then select “print” next to the e-mail option to create a printable version.
  • Couch Party Flyer: Learn more about the issues and what you can do to make a difference. Download Flyer (pdf)

    • COUCH PARTY HOSTS SAY…

    “We pay for cable TV and with V-Chips and parental oversight, we can be sure our children are not watching inappropriate programs.”
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    “It’s just another hidden agenda, once again the so called ‘moral majority’ is doing anything it can to control people… . Thank God for the ACLU.”
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    “I don’t want Congress intruding in my life and telling me what I can and cannot watch. I am an adult and should be treated as such.”
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    “If you don’t like a show just turn it off. It really is the American way.”

    CAN’T HOST A PARTY?

  • Take Action Now: Contact your members of Congress now and urge them to oppose new and invasive forms of censorship on cable television, satellite radio and the Internet.
  • Tell a friend: Let your friends, family and colleagues know about this issue and how they can make a difference today.
  • Couch Party Flyer: Learn more about the issues and what you can do to make a difference. Download Flyer. (pdf)
  • Help the ACLU: Join the ACLU and help to protect free speech and all our Constitutional rights!

    • * We don’t know if “South Park,” Sponge Bob or “The Sopranos” support the ACLU, but we support them and their right to do and say what they want without unjust restrictions from Congress and the FCC.

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