the main purpose of the free speech clause of the First Amendment was to ensure free political speech.
While I agree completely, to me, "no law" means exactly that. If we want to start having exceptions for public morality we need to amend the Constitution.
So does this mean public libraries should have porno mags out in the open where kids can have access to them?
No, actually I think public libraries shouldn't spend any of my tax money on porn. People should be free to buy it themselves. BTW, if you we want to make taking pictures of child porn illegal, that is perfectly fine, becasue it is deleterious to the children. How possesion of such pictures, taken by someone else, came to be illegal is also not consistent with the Constitution as it is written.
were you as upset when Bush signed the CFR bill, and the SCOTUS upheld it?
In a single word, YES. Between CFR and the AWB I am highly disappointed in President Bush. The only reason I am going to vote for him is that he recognizes the danger islamics represent to our country and Kerry does not.
On these points you and I are in 100% full agreement. While I also agree that Bush recognizes the danger posed by radical Islam, I wish he'd do something about the radicals that are already in our nation, the mosques here in the US that teach hatred of Christians and Jews, and of the American way of life, and most of all I wish he'd get a freakin' clue about the critical danger posed by our wide open borders. He says over and over that he have to fight terrorism overseas so we don't have to face it here at home, yet he leaves the doors wide open for those Muslim radical SOBs to sneak right in with the invading illegal scumbag aliens (yes, the First Amendment is a great thing). For these and several other reasons, he's gotten my last vote. I'm voting my conscience this year, so it's Tom Tancredo on a write-in. I'm sick of Coke and Pepsi, so this year, it's iced tea for me.
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