Religious Group Now Protesting

Religious group Focus On The Family is urging people to complain to American Airlines about its plan to offer unfiltered wireless Internet access on flights. The group is apparently worried that some passengers might view online porn sites at 30,000 feet.

Daniel Weiss, the group's senior analyst for media and sexuality, said that "because this nation has not been serious about vigorously attacking pornography, some believe it is appropriate to view in public. Not only will the flight attendants be placed in a situation that could be considered sexual harassment, passengers who openly view porn where children can see it may be violating federal harmful-to-minor laws."

The group is urging members to email American and demand that in-flight Internet be filtered to block potentially offensive sites.

Airline officials have told us that they considered filtering software, but found that too often it prevents access to legitimate Internet sites. Flight attendants will handle problems on a case-by-case basis, and are already trained to deal with passengers who bring offensive material on board.

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