Jan 6, 2010

Pornography | The Government Should Censor Internet Pornography

Maryam Kubasek is director of communications at the Cincinnati-based National Coalition for the Protection of Children & Families. In the following viewpoint, she argues that the constitutional protection of free speech does not apply to pornography on the Internet. Children have always been protected from pornography, Kubasek maintains, because pornography is violent and degrading. Therefore, she contends that laws should be enacted to stop pornographic materials from being transmitted through cyberspace.

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