"Yeah, it's called The Constitution."
That would be the Constitution that prevailed during the 150 years porn and prostitution and abortion were illegal? Yes?
About Ben Franklin.
"As for pornography, Internet or otherwise, Ben would be tolerant. He wrote what might be called porn in Puritan times, for example a tale of sex and woe told from a woman's point of view, and an essay on choosing older women as mistresses. He also would probably welcome that other bane of the Internet: Viagra ads. In 1780s Paris he was a septuagenarian celebrity pursued by beautiful women. But, according to Isaacson, Ben never consummated any relationships."
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"became the only Founding Father to have signed all five documents that established American independence: the Declaration of Independence, the Treaty of Amity and Commerce with France, the Treaty of Alliance with France, the Treaty of Peace with Great Britain, and the Constitution of the United States of America."
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That would be the Constitution that prevailed during the 150 years porn and prostitution and abortion were illegal? Yes?
Porn and prostitution and abortion have never been constitutionally 'illegal'.
Neither fed, state or local governments have ever been granted the constitutional power to outright prohibit such activities.
-- Instead, - state & local governments have the power to ~reasonably~ regulate such behaviors, providing these laws do not violate any of our basic individual rights to life, liberty or property.
Can you understand the principle involved?
-- It assures us of personal freedom as well as the rule of law based on community standards under local control.