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Nothing absolute. Nothing Judeo-Christian. Nothing the Founders said. Just what you FEEL like you are willing to do.

There is broad consensus that stopping murder is vital to the survival of society. Therefore there is hardly any opposition to laws against it.

There is broad consensus that stopping robbery is vital to the survival of society. Therefore there is hardly any opposition to laws against it (outside of the segment that likes the idea of robbing the middle class).

There is NOT any broad consensus that stopping porn is vital to the survival of society. The existence of non-consensus on this thread is proof of that. FreeRepublic represents some of the most conservative opinion in the US. If the idea is controversial here, then it will be REJECTED by the mainstream population, along with the candidate promoting it.

Advocate for banning porn all you want. If you cannot FIRST convince 51% of the voting public to agree with you, then it is a dead issue.

You weren't around when I signed on here 11 years ago, but what is a 'consensus' around here has changed since the onslaught of Ron Paul liberals, and that, I believe skews the numbers.

There is no way, a decade ago, that those of us who believe that morality is essential to the survival of the country would have been mocked as we are now. It's a remarkable thing to observe, and something I consider to be the degradation of conservatism.

I personally believe that morality IS essential to the survival of society, but then I believe I have more conservative views on that than the newer, more liberal freepers.

Always remember, Papa, that more than 51% of Americans thought Barack Obama would be a good President.

Are you sure you want to go there??