The bait? One overweight white male sitting in pants that fall far short of their manufactured purpose: to cover his behind, and two thinnish, shapely young ladies in bikini thongs. All three are situated to give us a view of their backsides.

Now, as a male who is still breathing and has use of his optical facilities, this is tempting. Temptation, by the way, could be defined as the "sinful lure of the bait." As a Christian, I choose to look elsewhere, but not always without a fight.

But a greater concern for me is what happens to my daughters when we are innocently driving across town, perhaps for our weekly Wednesday "date with dad," and suddenly we are confronted with a 10-by-30-foot, full-color photo of partially nude models (exclude the guy, please).

Obviously the legal right exists to display such "bait." But what the law allows at its outer fringes is not always what is best for the citizens it governs.

» Young men are reinforced in the cultural teaching that women are sex objects instead of persons of dignity created in the image of God (Genesis 1:26-27).

I can make my concerns known. I can teach my children the dignity of others as people endowed with the imago dei, or image of God. I can look the other way.

This is the opinion of Mike Williamson, a resident of St. Cloud who desires for others to understand the timeless wisdom for all of life offered through the Christian Scriptures.

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