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To: All-American Medic
Excuse me, but we are discussing publicly protected "speech". You may do whatever you wish in your home. I do. :)

Porn is NOT covered by the constitition as a free speech issue. I don't think the Supreme Court has ever ruled that.

163 posted on 11/20/2001 7:17:14 AM PST by joathome
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To: joathome
Yes but as a business owner, the owner of the store should not be harrassed by the "moralists" in the community, If you do not wish to view porn, then dont buy it. The business is a private entity and not publically funded by the community, If this were say an "art exhbit" at a public building (ie Library), then I would wholeheartedly agree with your point about community standards. But the community should NOT have the right to run someone out of business as long as the business owner is engaging in LEGAL business operations. Again as I stated in my first response to you, what if community standards in a leftist community decided that Bible Bookstores were offensive to the community because of the conservative teachings, should they be allowed to force that store out of business?? This is not a free speech issue, this is an economic issue.
173 posted on 11/20/2001 7:25:46 AM PST by All-American Medic
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