Moral values have their price

One of the Mark Twain quotes that appears in the sidebar from time to time is: "Principles have no real force except when one is well-fed." Add...with money in one's wallet.

While its previous owners considered adult entertainment "immoral," Adelphia Communications Corp., the country's fifth-largest cable television provider, last week became the first to offer hard-core adult films on pay-per-view to its subscribers.

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While the corporations generate millions in profits from providing adult content, their political contributions are often given to those elected, in no small part, because of their stance on "moral values"...

Adelphia has given $166,000 to Republican committees, $17,000 to conservative Rep. John Peterson, R-Pa., and $12,000 to Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa., one of the most conservative members of the Senate.

Santorum would not comment on Adelphia's decision.

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Pornography has never needed much promoting, but it does need distributors. Conservative activists say Adelphia's decision — and the rush of major America companies to profit from porn — is hypocrisy fueled by billions in corporate profits.
  Santorum Watch article

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