[Girlene]

Does it rise to the level of government involvement?

Good question. It must if he's talking about Congressional laws that no is enforcing. Why did Congress pass them?

Not sure this ranks very high on anyone's major issues of the day, but it is an interesting question.

If these laws are too invasive, threaten freedom of speech, then we shouldn't have these laws on the book. If there are some common sense ones like libraries being able to provide filters on their computers for children, well what's wrong with that?

This is one of those issues that Santorum, once again, is being true to his beliefs (bless his heart). How he handles the fallout that will come from his stance will determine how effective a presidential candidate he wil be.....not a president.....a presidential candidate.

[Notary Sojac]

If there are some common sense ones like libraries being able to provide filters on their computers for children, well what's wrong with that?

There are an infinity of possible laws out there which are "common sense" but none the less are not Constitutional.

If my city's library wants to set up computers in the children's section which are censored through a filter, the proper role of the Federal government is to butt out. That is not at all the same thing as saying that the role of the Federal government is to require filters in all library computers nationwide.

[Raider Sam]

I guess for me, these type of laws would be better held at the local level. There are quite a few laws on the books that I dont think rise to the level of government involvement.

[hinckley buzzard]

If these laws are too invasive, threaten freedom of speech, then we shouldn't have these laws on the book

We have a long tradition of laws falling out of favor and simply being no longer enforced. Every jurisdiction has some, going back sometimes to previous centuries, never enforced any more but still on the books. Sure, they can be removed, but usually no one bothers.

Adult obscenity laws, like the old sumptuary laws, fall within this category. Anyone who pretends to believe that "all laws are to be enforced all the time" is living in a dream world that never existed and never will exist. It is simply stupid of them to pretend otherwise.