On stage at the Lakeshore Theater, a short man with a recognizable mustache and long, greasy black hair shouts, "We?re an 18-and-over business!" It?s Ron Jeremy, he of many, many adult films (1,939 to be exact), in Chicago taking his "Great Porn Debate" on tour. Alongside Jeremy stands his opponent, Pastor Craig Gross. The two discuss how pornography affects society and whether it?s helpful or not. Gross is against porn, of course, while Jeremy, well, really, really likes it.
But Gross isn?t the fire-and-brimstone, elderly preacher one expects to stand up and blast the industry. Instead he sports a parted bowl haircut, a black stud earring, bright white shoes and an-ever-so-slightly loose pink tie. He looks more like a frontman from an emo band ditching Sunday school than a leader of a choir. Gross is the founder of hahahahahahahahaha.com, a Web site that aims to teach the problems of pornography and help addicts.
Gross is a frequenter of porn conventions and lets the audience know "I don?t go to church to bash porn
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