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To: E. Pluribus Unum

If you’re on the court but can’t articulate a ruling against pornography, you need to re-examine every principle you ever thought you believed.


8 posted on 01/15/2025 5:27:09 PM PST by reasonisfaith (What are the personal implications if the Resurrection of Christ is a true event in history?)
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To: reasonisfaith

Free expression often contravenes morality, but the immoral person still has a right to express themselves in a way that we don’t think they should.


11 posted on 01/15/2025 5:30:55 PM PST by Jonty30 (Liberals are a fulfillment of II Tim3:5. We are instructed to have nothing to do with those people. )
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To: reasonisfaith

Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart in a case regarding obscenity famously said, when asked to define pornography.
“I know it when I see it.”
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Great Woody Allen line:

“Is sex dirty?”

“It is if you’re doing it right.”


13 posted on 01/15/2025 5:31:58 PM PST by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: reasonisfaith
If you’re on the court but can’t articulate a ruling against pornography, you need to re-examine every principle you ever thought you believed.

All we had to do to eliminate the scourge of drug trafficking and addiction was outlaw drugs.

It would be the same with pornography if only we had the courage to outlaw it.

When, oh when, will we learn?

19 posted on 01/15/2025 5:37:12 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████ ████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)
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