Talk:Anthony Comstock

Add a section on Comstock's influence in Christian fundamentalism.
Is there a formatting/title name for this type of section?

Comstock is portrayed as a role model in the following works:


 * Birth Control: How Did We Get Here?
 * Outlawed! How Anthony Comstock Fought and Won the Purity of a Nation
 * Anthony Comstock: Fighter: The Special Edition Illustrated Novel

Birth Control: How Did We Get Here? tars birth control rights via the association fallacy ("Margaret Sanger was friends with Lothrop Stoddard and others in the eugenics movement, so birth control = Nazi concentration camps, never mind all the birth control advocates today who are opposed to eugenics), while omitting the fact that the politicians behind the no-condoms-for-soldiers policy in WWI were also eugenics advocates, and forcible sterilization was widespread in the South. The fact that support for eugenics crossed political lines undercuts the assertion that birth control is inherently tied to Evil Eugenics Abortionists, especially given that the National Socialist government severely restricted birth control and adopted a natalist policy--"Kinder, Kirche, Kuche"--in which women were relegated to the home as wives and mothers, rather than being factory workers or programming ENIAC as in the American wartime policy.

Clearly a reference to these three works must be made, since the influence of Comstock is nontrivial in these circles.

Influence in Christian fundamentalism
Followers of R.C. Sproul, including the pastor of Wake Forest, North Carolina's Hope Baptist Church, view Comstock as a hero.

Popular Culture
Assorted Comstocks appear as baddies in Neal Stephenson's “Cryptonomicon”, including one who gets pushed off a chairlift by Douglas Shaftoe. While it’s not, IIRC, specifically stated that these Comstocks are related to Anthony of that Ilk it’s probably safe to assume, from their generally dickish behaviour, that they are. Mr Larrington (talk) 11:30, 7 October 2022 (UTC)