Is the Library a Battlefront the Industry Wants?
LOS ANGELES – While this post takes up the controversial question of whether adults ought to be allowed to watch porn at public libraries, I’m not going to approach the ...
Tag: porn as public health crisis
Utah, ‘Oklahoma!’ and Knowing Porn When You See It
PAYSON, Utah – In the famous words of Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart, “give me a fucking break.” Wait... No, not those words from Justice Stewart. These words: “I shall ...
Utah May Revive Obscenity & Pornography Ombudsman
SALT LAKE CITY – There’s a motion afoot in the Utah legislature to remove from its state code language that created an “Obscenity and Pornography Complaints Ombudsman.” The legislature created the ...
Porn Is A Public Health Crisis – And He Should Know
TAMPA, Fla. – Following in the footsteps of other legislatures around the country, Florida is now considering a resolution which would declare pornography a “public health crisis.” The language of ...
We Don’t Need New Law to Address Public Porn Viewing
WEST HANOVER, Pa. – With the substantial growth of public Wi-Fi availability over the past several years, it’s no surprise the number of people watching porn in public has increased, ...
Utah’s New Anti-porn Bill Gets Committee Approval
SALT LAKE CITY – The Utah Senate’s Judiciary, Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee unanimously voted to move forward a bill that would allow residents of the state to sue ...
Useful Taboo: The Public Consumption of Porn
SALT LAKE CITY – As an apparent extension of the state’s resolution proclaiming porn to be a public health crisis, Utah State Sen. Todd Weiler has proposed a new measure ...
Va. Lawmaker Joins ‘Porn as Health Hazard’ Movement
RICHMOND, Va. – A Republican state lawmaker wants the Virginia legislature to declare pornography a “public health hazard.” Del. Robert G. Marshall proposed a resolution condemning porn. Like the trendsetting ...
Web Surfing was Proper Because Porn is WMD
By Bill Fairbanks Special to YNOT WASHINGTON – As the great Alexander Pope once wrote “a little learning is a dangerous thing.” Nowhere is a small degree of information more ...
GOP Doubles Down on Nanny-State Nonsense
CLEVELAND – If you thought things couldn’t get any loonier in the Republican Party, readjust your expectations. On Tuesday, the party’s platform and rules committees passed new planks that make ...
