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For the first time in history, conservative religious groups on the right and the Internet porn industry on the left are in total agreement. We’re watching closely to see if oil and water mix, cats and dogs stop fighting, and Hell freezes over.

Both groups are against a new “top level domain” that could categorize adult-content into new .XXX domains, aiming to clean up the Internet.

Last week, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) – a private company that manages Web sites – approved the .XXX domain. In theory, the new top-level domain would appease both sides of the debate.Here’s how .XXX works. With the new domain, those who want to look at porn can find it by searching for sites with the .XXX extension. Those who are against porn can just avoid the .XXX domain, trusting that a .COM site is safer.

For example, say you’re looking for an RV and hear about Pleasureland RV, a dealer in Minnesota. If you type in Pleasurelend.com, you will be surprised to find a porn site.

Pleasureland.xxx would be a helpful deterrent, especially for kids.

Currently, ICM Registry, a group that promotes .XXX, estimates about 10 million porn sites use the .COM domain. That’s about one out of every eight sites, they say. InternetSafety.com claims 43% of all Internet users have viewed porn.

The use of the new .XXX domain would be purely voluntary, according to ICM; the domain could become available later this year, assuming the approval holds water. (ICANN first proposed .XXX in 2005 and have gone back and forth on whether it really makes sense as a legitimate top-level domain name.)

According to a report at BusinessWeek.com (see link), ICM Registry stands to profit from .XXX by selling domains for about $60 each. The same report says sites such as Kink.com have already started registering multiple .XXX domains.