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To: Robert_Paulson2

Mockingbird, not loon.


503 posted on 10/01/2004 11:54:54 PM PDT by Mockingbird For Short ("God and George W. Bush, a Spiritual Life" by Paul Kengor--- a great read.)
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To: Tailgunner Joe
This is from http://www.obscenitycrimes.org/obsclawprimer.cfm It's relevant as to the First Amendment's intent. Thanks for posting the main article.

In Miller v. California, supra, the Supreme Court said: "This much has been categorically settled by the Court, that obscene material is unprotected by the First Amendment. . . . The dissenting Justices sound the alarm of repression. But, in our view, to equate the free and robust exchange of ideas and political debate with commercial exploitation of obscene material demeans the grand conception of the First Amendment and its high purposes in the historic struggle for freedom. It is a 'misuse of the great guarantees of free speech and free press . . . 'The protection given speech and press was fashioned to assure unfettered interchange of ideas for the bringing about of political or social changes desired by the people'. . .But the public portrayal of hard-core sexual conduct for its own sake, and for the ensuing commercial gain, is a different matter." [Emphasis added by Miller Court]

504 posted on 10/02/2004 12:15:23 AM PDT by Mockingbird For Short ("God and George W. Bush, a Spiritual Life" by Paul Kengor--- a great read.)
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