You Do Not Have The Right To Harm Americans Through Speech Or Press

Here is an interesting case of inmates at a prison who sued the State of Indiana over a ban of nude photos and other adult material. It is interesting because according to the Thirteen Amendment of the U.S. Constitution a person convicted of a crime can be made a slave who has no legal standing unless the state government gives them that standing. In fact the Fourteenth Amendment which the federal courts misinterpret to give them power over the states in this case make an exception for those convicted by the due process of law.

The ACLU which is a cultural liberal organization and a partner of the United Nations has taken up the case. They will most likely ignore those parts of the U.S. Constitution that contradict what they want to force on the American people and misinterpret the rest to forward the non official policies of the United Nations. That is what their Non Government Organization(NGO) agreement basically states though it does not mention the non official part but you can get that with examining the overwhelming conformity of the positions of the NGOs of the Department of Information of the United Nations. The American Bar Association who will more than likely be another though hidden player in this case is also an NGO for the DPI and has made the same agreement.

The issue is pornography and whether it is covered by the freedom of speech or freedom of press clause of the First Amendment. If the courts were being honest about the issue then the answer would depend on whether or not pornography cause harm to our society since no one has the right to cause harm to themselves of others. I have seen studies that have concluded it does cause harm and have heard other studies that have concluded it does not cause harm. I tent to favor the first view as pornography is a type of propaganda that is designed to sell libertine behavior and that is proven to be harmful to society. Even if the evidence is not conclusive there is enough evidence that such decisions should be left up to our republican form of government to legislate and not the unelected judicial branch as they violate the Constitution when they take up the legislative powers of the States or of Congress.

Source 1 is an article about the lawsuit I am speaking of.

Protecting Our Natural Rights Through Abstinence And Faithfulness In Marriage

I am not a Catholic but when a man voices an opinion that sounds right to my ears then I am glad to salute him or her. Pope Benedict XVI did just that when he rebuked Western societies for rejecting Christianity and adopting science and technology instead. His argument relied on the known fact that abstinence and faithfulness in marriage are more effective as combating the spread of HIV/Aids than condoms.

Considering that condoms fail to prevent pregnancies 15% of the time with typical usage and not using anything fails 85% of the time he has a point. That means anyone engaging in premarital or extramarital sex has 1/5.67th the chance of contacting HIV/Aids than a person not using anything. This is true of any sexually transmitted disease(STD) are fully effective in resisting the transfer of.

Some people say abstinence is impossible. The statement itself is an admittance of sexual addiction which needs to be addressed and not encouraged. The sad thing is that our cultural seems to be designed to encourage sexual addiction. The best way to prevent sexual addiction is to stop it before it starts and the abstinence only program advocated by Bush will fulfill that very want.

The questions is how effective are abstinence only programs at reinforcing students against peer and cultural pressure and are the programs taught early enough to catch children before they give in to the cultural pressure to have sex. A preliminary examination of a Texas study say that the classes are given too late and that their effect does not last after the course. Another study found that regular religious attendance during teen years was linked to a higher level of abstinence and a lower level of alcohol consumption among Americans of African decent. The believe is that the churches involved preached conservative ethics where these practices were forbidden. From these two studies I conclude that constant reinforcement of the abstinence message is necessary. It most likely helps if the child is not introduced to sex before the abstinence education starts.

Source 1 is Pope’s speech supporting abstinence and faithfulness in marriage.

Source 2 is Study of Texas teens

Source 3 is Study of Americans of African decent.