The Kennesaw Activities Board will host Pastor Craig Gross and pornography legend Ron Jeremy on Thursday, Feb. 21 for the Great Porn Debate, a discussion about the merits of porn in America.
The debate, which usually lasts about 90 minutes, will examine and discuss the more controversial aspects of the porn industry. In previous debates between the two, topics over the merits of porn have included whether the industry degrades or empowers women and whether or not porn is an addictive and destructive habit. The two debaters may also discuss how the availability of porn in America affects children. First, Jeremy and Gross will each give an opening argument. Then, students will be given a chance to ask questions or make comments to the speakers, followed by closing arguments from the debaters. A KSU student or professor will moderate the event. Afterward, a meet and greet will give students the opportunity to take pictures and ask more questions.
Celia Lehman, a middle-grades education major, said she has never heard of Ron Jeremy.
“From a religious standpoint, [porn] is degrading and objectifying to women,” Lehman said. “It also gives men unrealistic expectations of women.”
Mike Reynolds, a senior nursing major, doesn’t view the porn industry as degrading to women.
“The women are the ones who get paid the most,” Reynolds said. “There are good and bad aspects of porn. If you watch it too much and you think about sex all the time it can be distracting. In moderation it’s fine.”
Gross and Jeremy, who have spoken at more than 50 universities across the nation, will debate in the Student Center University Rooms at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 21.
Can people who don’t go to KSU attend this debate?
Is this still 100% happening, I have been hearing rumors that he is hospitalized?