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To: gman992

And who determines what is pornographic...there’s tons of incest and “begeting” in the Bible, but try to ban that, and people go nuts...


5 posted on 11/24/2011 11:14:58 PM PST by gman992 ("I'm a conservative. I'm just a happy conservative.")
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To: gman992

And who determines what is pornographic?

If you look at the article I linked within this one, it tries explaining some of the background of the “obscenity” framework (within an illustrative framework). It shows that the federal judiciary has essentially declared that the vast majority of pornography, aside for the real fringe of that product, is not “obscene” and therefore, according to the Supreme Court, is protected by the First Amendment. In other words, the decision has largely already been made by the federal judiciary. That’s the whole point. The correct Constitutional approach would be to leave the decision as to what is obscene to local legislatures and juries. Again, see http://www.stevelackner.com/2011/05/right-constitutional-approach-to-first.html for more that is more directly applicable to that question.


9 posted on 11/24/2011 11:43:50 PM PST by stevelackner
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To: gman992

If Woody comes alive, it’s sexual ... if it’s without my wife, it’s porn.


13 posted on 11/25/2011 12:13:04 AM PST by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true)
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...there’s tons of incest and “begeting” in the Bible...

People behaving badly, as it was in the beginning, is now, and shall always be.

53 posted on 11/25/2011 8:09:42 AM PST by JimRed (Excising a cancer before it kills us waters the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS, NOW AND FOREVER!)
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