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A major legal battle pits the porn industry’s financial interests against state efforts to protect children.
Not that long ago, I attended a small gathering where a diocesan representative spoke about child protection efforts.
“Your child doesn’t have to be looking for porn. Porn is looking for your child,” he told the speechless audience of parents with school-age children. Fortunately, a growing number of states have passed age-verification laws to shield under-age eyes.
On Wednesday morning, the U.S. Supreme Court heard a two-hour oral argument in Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton, the porn industry’s objection to Texas’ age-verification law.
Don’t let the name of the petitioners’ group confuse you. This case has little to do with free speech and everything to do with money. The Free Speech Coalition is a trade group representing the $100-billion “adult entertainment industry.” The group claims the law violates the First Amendment’s free-speech guarantee for adults by discouraging access to pornographic content.
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Not that long ago, I attended a small gathering where a diocesan representative spoke about child protection efforts.
“Your child doesn’t have to be looking for porn. Porn is looking for your child,” he told the speechless audience of parents with school-age children. Fortunately, a growing number of states have passed age-verification laws to shield under-age eyes.
On Wednesday morning, the U.S. Supreme Court heard a two-hour oral argument in Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton, the porn industry’s objection to Texas’ age-verification law.
Don’t let the name of the petitioners’ group confuse you. This case has little to do with free speech and everything to do with money. The Free Speech Coalition is a trade group representing the $100-billion “adult entertainment industry.” The group claims the law violates the First Amendment’s free-speech guarantee for adults by discouraging access to pornographic content.
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Parents vs. Porn: Supreme Court Hears Challenge to Texas Age-Verification Law
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