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Libraries do not carry poro periodicals or offer porno videos, so why is there an issue with internet porn? Are you offended that your local library might not offer the latest Jill Kelly release? There have always been books or info kept out of public libraries, you just didn't know it. Suddenly with the internet, you feel you are entitled to all the information there is and any effort to limit access is an abomination of your rights. BS. The internet has made it more difficult to keep hard core porn away from kids. Back in the day, there was nothing but Playboy or National Geographic, so there was little trouble policing what the kids saw.
Why would you have a problem with keeping hard porn away from minors in a public library? Nobody says you can't look at all the porn you want, but it is just too easy for kids these days. Truth be told, there should not even be internet access in a public library. A library is a quiet place for reading books, not tapping and clicking.

Find me one place in the US Constitution where it says that the citizens of a town can not regulate what is or is not in their own public library. They have every right to do so and for you to equate this with "book burning" is patently moronic. I suppose it would be ok with you if they had complete collections of Hustler freely available in the stacks as well, eh?

Okay. After reading some of your posts, I find it necessary to put some facts out there for you to consume and hopefully understand:

1) Free speech is not absolute. Never has been. Never will be. You cannot plagiarize, libel, slander or threaten someone with their lives (especially the POTUS). You cannot yell "FIRE!" in a crowded theater. You cannot infringe on someone's copyrighted work. And thanks to Miller v. California, obscene material is also a no-no.

2) The American Library Association specifically forbids the prohibition of any kind of material from someone of any age. Even the most vile. Coprophilia, necrophilia, bestality, the ALA believes a six-year-old child should have free, unobstructed access to such things.

3) Any reasonable law passed by Congress that would have placed responsibility on website providers by mandating reasonable safeguards to keep away minors (e.g., no access without a credit card) has been promptly challenged by the ACLU and the ALA for reasons already stated herein.

Instead of working alongside filthy sickos, you should be working to destroy them. That is what Plan2Succeed is trying to do, and that is why they have my full support.