[M. Dodge Thomas]

The issue here is a lot bigger than Abortion, it’s a question of the right of a carrier to control the political content of messages I CHOOSE to receive.

[Conscience of a Conservative]

“The issue here is a lot bigger than Abortion, it’s a question of the right of a carrier to control the political content of messages I CHOOSE to receive.”

Exactly. This is a bad, bad precedent, people. Think about it - is most of corporate America more likely to censor liberals or conservatives?

We might like the censorship here, but I can assure you, we won’t like it the next time...

[Dumb_Ox]

The issue here is a lot bigger than Abortion, it’s a question of the right of a carrier to control the political content of messages I CHOOSE to receive.

FR bans people all the time. They're free to go elsewhere. Verizon's organization, verizon's rules.

[MHGinTN]

"The issue here is a lot bigger than Abortion, it’s a question of the right of a carrier to control the political content of messages I CHOOSE to receive." ... Specious bullfeathers, sir! IF Verizon were the only carrier with cell phone access, you might, MIGHT have a point. But you are free to choose a different carrier if you don't like the terms and conditions of service. NOW, if we could just get the stupid government to realize cable offering should be similarly arranged, making competition among carriers so that we could reach the point where we can choose exactly which channels we want coming into our homes and eliminate those we don't want, we'd be getting somewhere!

[NeoCaveman]

It’s theit network, not yours not NARAL’s.

[Ironfocus]

You are right. What if our ISP’s decided to block access to FR? This falls in the same category. This is also at the heart of the whole net-neutrality debate. The carriers would like to control what is transferred over their networks so that they can control the revenue streams in certain niches. Others see them as bitpipes using public assets which they lease from the US people.

[Ready4Freddy]

Verizon isn't blocking the text messages, only limited how one signs up for them.

If a carrier decides not to provide a short code for a certain organization, the org would be wise to set up a page on their site where you can subscribe to the msgs.

it’s a question of the right of a carrier to control the political content of messages I CHOOSE to receive.