SexHerald.com - XML News, Forum, Documents, RSS/RDF Feed http://www.sexherald.com/investigative/investigative.rss Last September, Brent Ward, the head of the Department of Justice Obscenity Task Force, sent an email to Kyle Sampson, then Attorney General Alberto Gonzales’ chief of staff. The email, titled “obscenity cases,” was cryptic in its message and tone. It mentioned two U.S. attorneys by name—Paul Charlton of Phoenix and Dan Bogen of Las Vegas—who were “unwilling to take good cases we have presented to them,” and deemed the situation with Charlton to be “urgent.” Both Charlton and Bogden have since been forced to resign, along with six other federal prosecutors in what has been considered by many to be a politically motivated purge of power. Many factors have been put forth, formally and informally, to explain the firings. Explanations range from job performance to the prosecutors’ views on death penalty, border control and drug smuggling but little attention has been paid to the issue of obscenity, a hot button topic for Gonzales, and what role pressures to prosecute purveyors of adult pornography played in the careers and dismissals of Charlton and Bogden. http://www.sexherald.com/sexual-investigation/obscene_firings.html 2007-04-13 Mandy Doster thinks of herself as open-minded, outspoken, and radically left wing. http://www.sexherald.com/sexual-investigation/new_yorks_show_world_zoning_controversy.html 2006-08-02 If there’s one thing the current administration has proven during its tumultuous White House tenure—after 9/11, after Hurricane Katrina—it’s the fact that everything—disease, disaster and death included—has a political dimension. http://www.sexherald.com/sexual-investigation/pepfar_and_the_aids-ravaged_world-_will_it_save_the_day.html 2006-07-12 Conservative critics have successfully focused the debate surrounding California Senate Bill 1437—which seeks to ban anti-gay school curriculum, and was recently passed by the state senate—on the specific policy changes they say the law would impose. http://www.sexherald.com/sexual-investigation/gay_friendly_or_attempts_to_indoctrinate_california_youths__pros_and_con.html 2006-06-07 Linda and Michael met, fell in love and married. They raised two children together. For many years, the marriage appeared happy. http://www.sexherald.com/sexual-investigation/what_makes_a_man.html 2004-10-19 On its face, the "Adult Party 'Toy' Box" for sale on Sherri Williams' website may not appear threatening. It contains innocuously naughty things like body glitter, massage oil and even a pair of his and hers g-strings. However, it also contains one vibrator, and that makes it contraband in the state of Alabama. http://www.sexherald.com/sexual-investigation/bad_vibrations-_the_strange_but_true_story_of_alabamas_sex_toy_ban.html 2004-09-23 Michael Gehrig is something of an anomaly - a gay man who voted for George W. Bush in the 2000 presidential election. He did not make this decision lightly. Now, nearly four years later, Gehrig still approves of many of the President’s policies. That’s why it was so particularly insulting when, on February 24th, Bush declared his support of the Federal Marriage Amendment, which would have defined marriage as solely the union of one man and one woman. “The FMA has changed my party views incredibly,” says Gehrig. “I know this is a sound bite, but [the FMA] really is writing hatred into the Constitution.” http://www.sexherald.com/sexual-investigation/senate_strikes_down_federal_marriage_amendment.html 2004-08-23 Imagine you are stopped at a particularly long red light. It is nighttime. An SUV pulls up next to you. It's outfitted with five television screens, all clearly visible to you. Playing on those five screens is an erotic film. http://www.sexherald.com/sexual-investigation/drive-by_porn.html 2004-07-31 A couple seeking to enhance their sex life decides to take a trip to their local adult store. A lonely trucker, miles away from his wife, looks for diversion at a sex shop along the highway. A young woman in a long-distance relationship wonders if a trip to the Lion's Den might help pass the time between her fiancé's visits. http://www.sexherald.com/sexual-investigation/lions_den_obscenity_case__operation_da.html 2004-06-30 Gay marriage has arrived, and middle America is in a dither. But why are American conservatives fighting so hard to push back the tide? What could be so threatening about same sex marriage in this day and age, when marriage has more to do with your tax liability and credit ratings than with ‘death do us part’? After all, millions get married every year, and half of those will get divorced; pre-nuptial agreements are routine, and unmarried women will soon outnumber married ones. http://www.sexherald.com/sexual-investigation/its_not_natural__the_religiou.html 2004-06-01