Churchmen's Committee for Decent Publications

Churchmen's Committee for Decent Publications

The Churchmen's Committee for Decent Publications was a Protestant pro-censorship, anti-pornography advocacy group.[1] It was a contemporary of the Roman Catholic National Organization for Decent Literature and the National Legion of Decency.[1]

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