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America’s War on Sex: The Attack on Law, Lust and Liberty by Dr. Marty Klein, PhDSpotlights the political, legal and civic battles raging in this country against what is arguably our most private and pluralistic right – sexual freedom.”Quite simply, there isn’t a single page in America’s War On Sex that doesn’t yield some brilliant insight about the suppression of sex and sexual information by conservative and religious leaders in America — but more than that: Dr. Klein asks the questions about that suppression that the average person would be too afraid to ask, or wouldn’t think to ask — and he gets the answers to those questions correct! “The goal of this war is to control sexual expression, colonize sexual imagination, and restrict sexual choices,” Klein says, and then goes on to give examples of how this suppression is visible in every corner of American society, from sex (non-) education in the schools, to communities restricting the locations of adult stores that many of them patronize, to attempts to sanitize the Internet. Klein presents his case in such an engaging manner that the text flow almost demands that the reader continue to the end in one sitting. We are unlikely to see an examination of this subject that is this thorough and this insightful in our lifetimes.” — Mark Kernes, Sr. Ed., AVNContentsAcknowledgmentsForeword1. You’re the Target: Why a War on Sex?2. Battleground: Sex Education–Where Children Come Second3. The Most Powerful “Minority” in the United States4. Battleground: Reproductive Rights5. The Sexual Disaster Industry6. Battleground: Broadcast “Indecency”7. Yes, They Really Said That8. Battleground: Adult Entertainment– Feverish Dreams, Real Estate Nightmares9. How They Do It: Ammunition in the War on Sex10. Battleground: The Internet11. America Does Not Guarantee Your Right to Be Comfortable: The Lowest Common Erotic Denominator Project12. Battleground: The War on “Pornography”13. Extreme Religion and Public Policy14. Battleground: Sexual Privacy and Sexual Minorities– Civil Rights or Immoral Privileges?15. Revolutionizing American Government– Bad News for Democracy    Appendix: Declaration for Human Rights Day– How about Sex?Afterword by Judy Kuriansky, Series EditorNotesSelected BibliographyAbout the AuthorIndex