I don’t have time to go into details right now, nor do I have the emotional energy to spend on something so entirely stupid, but I just want to throw this up on my blog. I’m sure I’ll find time to write about this in coming weeks but right now? Both boys are napping. And you know what that means? Mommy gets to nap, too. Holla if you here that!
In a rare 9-0 decision, the Supreme Court extended the full protection of the First Amendment to the Internet in Reno v. ACLU, a decision which struck down portions of the 1996 Communications Decency Act, a law intended to outlaw so-called “indecent” online communication (that is, nonobscene material protected by the First Amendment.) The court’s decision identified the Internet as a “free speech zone,” and extended the same Constitutional protections given to books, magazines, films, and spoken expression to materials published on the Internet.
I won’t be silenced. Just sayin’.
Now back to my regularly scheduled posting. Oh wait, no, impromptu napping! GO!
3 Responses to “I Will Never Be Silenced”
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Ah yes. :)
The First Amendment — a truly beautiful thing.
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Behind you all the way.
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k, so i would love for people like you to have free, free, free speech. keep posting!
but i am afraid that this kind of ruling could be a precedent case for all these internet sites that have questionable sexual material. its a growing problem. did you know that craigslist now has a section under ‘services’ labeled ‘erotic’? and it is, in fact, erotic services – blatant prostitution even. they are claiming free speech to be able post these erotic services. the internet is helping the prostitution industry to grow and become easier business to conduct!
that kind of free speech is something that i just cannot support.
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