by Ray Newman, radio and television commentator, attorney, educator, author

Wednesday, November 9, 2011

PORN STORM

I have heard that there are some who would like to see all porn barred from the Internet, some who would like to see certain types of porn (eg, homosexual porn) barred...all because in their minds, porn (or homosexuality) lowers the moral standard of our society.

What I say is that the government setting the standard for societal behavior and forcefully enforcing that standard by punishing those who violate it is what literally lowers moral standards.

Morality is a code of pro-life conduct and there may be nothing more pro-life than  each person choosing the course of his/her life...whether it be regarding sexuality or otherwise.  The only logical limitation on what we ought be allowed to choose for ourselves (speaking of adults) is the use of physical force against others...since that force denies to others their choosing the course of their lives.

So that adult consensual pornography ought be legal and legally available.  Those that are abhorred by it may choose not to view it.  Loving, caring, parents are the natural guardians of what their children do...and not the impersonal government which decides matters on the basis of political motivations, aspirations and expediencies, misguided morality, etc.

Freedom is rooted in the moral virtue of independent thinking.  As is, the joy of life.

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