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| What does the law say about pornography? Does it have First Amendment protection? The U.S. Supreme Court has given clear instruction to help communities determine which material violates local standards. |
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| Pornography seems to be everywhere: hotels, cable and satellite premium channels, gas stations, pornographic bookstores, the Internet, and the list goes on. Something this common and seemingly widely embraced must be legal, right? |
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| What is the real impact of sex shops and strip clubs on the community? Decades of research documents numerous harms associated with these businesses. |
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| Can communities simply bar all sexually oriented businesses from their area or make laws so restrictive that no businesses could operate there? No, but they are allowed to enact content-neutral time-place-manner regulations to limit the negative impact such business may bring to an area. |
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| Even though pornography is widely available, much of it may be violating state and federal obscenity laws. Cleary, trafficking in obscene material would dry up quickly if these laws were consistently and vigorously enforced. |
Thursday, April 7
Help Clean Up TV
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| Graphic TV programs serve as many children’s first introduction to harmful sexuality. Research indicates that young people are highly susceptible to sexualized messages on TV, even into their mid-20s. Can anything be done to change the state of television? |
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