HomeMy WebLinkAbout1995-10-24 Proclamationof owa Cit ,
~l~e~, th~ United States Supreme Co,xrt has ruled that obscenity is
not protected, speech under the First Amendment; and
there are Federal and state ohscenlty laws against illegal
hardeore pornography to protect public safety, public health and
tmblio morality; and
pornography degrades and deh~-~es both female and male
partlelpants; and
~t~13~eP.J, pornography presents a fahe and distorted image of b~man
sexuality, devoid of love, comr~tment ~-d responsibih'ty, so needed
for success in man, iage and families; and
~P~L~, Americans throughout th~a great nat~on will be participating
in Pornography Awaxeness Week by d~aplaying white ribbons as
symbols of Co~nmnnlty standards of decency. to be upheld by
enforcement of the obscenity laws~
~Ow, fl~e~re, I, Susan M. Horowitz, Mayor of the City of Iowa City,
Iowa, do hereby proclaim the week of October 29 through
November 5, 1995 as
Signed in Iowa City, Iowa,
this 24th day of October, 1995.
o[ ]Iowa
~l~l:~Ag, an estimated 2 million children in the United States go
hungry every year; and
~[~l:~[g, over 30% of all children in Iowa are hungry or at risk of
being hungry; and
~fl:~a~, every month a known 3,000 houaeholds in the six-county
area, includlng J0h~,~on County, are dependent upon food pantries
for survival; and
~17~lff, we recognize families suffering the pain of hunger to be a
reality here in Eastern Iowa; and
~glg, the Hawkeye Area Boy Scouts' "Scouting for Food" Good
Turn motivates co,~nunities to donate food to the needy; and
~l:eag, area food pantries depend on the "Scouting for Food" drive
for the food supplies to serve those families in need;
flJe~fi)l:~, I, Susan M. Horowitz, Mayor of the City of Iowa City,
Iowa, do hereby proclaim October 21-October 28, 1995, to be
" touting for
Iowa Cit7.
Signed in Iowa City, Iowa,
th~s 24th day of October, 1995.