Mrs. Gore Reaffirms Stand on Smut
Tipper Gore, wife of Democratic presidential candidate Albert Gore Jr., says she is not backing down from her campaign against obscene rock lyrics and movies in the aftermath of a meeting with entertainment industry executives in Los Angeles.
“The meeting (with the executives last week) did entail a very lively exchange of ideas,” she said. “I stated my position, and I stated my opposition to censorship. That was the primary reason that I went.” Her remarks were reported in the Friday editions of the Chattanooga Times.
Mrs. Gore is a co-founder of a Washington group, The Parents Music Resource Center, and the author of a book, “Raising PG Kids in an X-Rated Society.” She has proposed warning labels for records with “explicit” lyrics and testified at a 1985 Senate committee hearing on obscenity in music, film and television.
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