Till Death Us Do Part: "I doubt if many people would use 121 bloodies in half-an-hour." "Bad language coarsens the whole quality of our life. It norm… - Mary Whitehouse

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Till Death Us Do Part: "I doubt if many people would use 121 bloodies in half-an-hour."
"Bad language coarsens the whole quality of our life. It normalises harsh, often indecent language, which despoils our communication."

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About Mary Whitehouse

Constance Mary Whitehouse (13 June 1910 – 23 November 2001) was an English Christian morality activist who opposed social liberalism and the 'permissive society'. In particular, via the National Viewers' and Listeners' Association, she campaigned against television programmes the pressure group found objectionable on 'taste and decency' grounds.

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Birth Name: Constance Mary Hutcheson
Alternative Names: Constance Mary Whitehouse
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The natural repugnance which most people feel when homosexuality and lesbianism is mentioned can result in a harshness of attitude and thinking which is, at least, unhelpful and certainly as unchristian as the perverse practices which are condemned. But to go to the other extreme and elevate people suffering from such abnormalities into a norm for society not only threatens society but is dangerous to the individuals themselves, since it excludes them from the consideration of treatment.

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