Charles Keating
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| - | '''Charles Humphrey Keating Jr.''' (born December 4, 1923) is an [[United States|American]] [[athlete]], [[lawyer]], [[real estate developer]], [[banker]], and [[financier]], most known for his role in the [[savings and loan scandal]] of the late 1980s. | + | '''Charles Humphrey Keating Jr.''' (born December 4, 1923) is an [[United States|American]] [[athlete]], [[lawyer]], [[real estate developer]], [[banker]], and [[financier]], most known for his role in the [[savings and loan scandal]] of the late 1980s. He was a [[rabid]] [[anti-pornography]] campaigner and founder of the ''[[Citizens for Decent Literature]]'' and financer of ''[[Perversion for Profit ]]''. |
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| - | In 1958, [[Charles Keating]] founded '''Citizens for Decent Literature''' (later renamed a number of times, the best known of which is Citizens for Decency through Law),[11] which advocated reading classics not "smut."[22] It would grow to 300 chapters and 100,000 members nationwide and become the largest anti-pornography organization in the nation.[22] | + | |
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Charles Humphrey Keating Jr. (born December 4, 1923) is an American athlete, lawyer, real estate developer, banker, and financier, most known for his role in the savings and loan scandal of the late 1980s. He was a rabid anti-pornography campaigner and founder of the Citizens for Decent Literature and financer of Perversion for Profit .
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