“I guess some social conservatives will have to choose between the Constitution and morality, not an easy one.
I know one who would say that “porn” leads to marxism. So does throwing out the right to free speech.
In the Citizens United case, a movie was considered free speech. I know what I would choose.”
Actually, there is no conflict. The USSC has already ruled speech that is harmful may be prohibited; yelling “Fire!” in a crowded theater. Porn is always harmful—to participants and viewers, and the viewers’ families and the participants’ families. I prefer the ability of local communities and states to forbid it—or permit it. This ought to be a states’ rights issue, not a federal issue. All such crime is at a state and local level.
Yelling fire can be harmful to the person’s physical person if panic ensues. The harmful you speak of is spiritual and emotional, which doesnt hurt a person physically.