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Originally Posted by DirtyWhiteBoy
You mean like how homosexuals can't be legally married in most states? Or do you mean like how sodomy is illegal is some states? Or do you mean why I can't buy hardcore porn DVDs in Cincinnati, Ohio simply because they don't allow it there? Or do you mean how my passport does not allow me to travel to Cuba, Iraq, Libya or North Korea?
I'm confused about which freedom you speak of, because based on what is is supposed to mean, it's not working so well.
I understand what it is SUPPOSED to be, but you can't throw the word "freedom" around and then limit the freedoms you have. It doesn't work that way, yet that is the way we are force fed it. Either a man / woman is free (totally free) or he / she is not. No limits.
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Sodomy laws have already been declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. A prime example of what I was talking about when I said that a later court with different justices could very well rule in a totally different way when it comes to the Miller test. Therefore, those of us who think obscenity laws have constitutional problems aren't victims of overly-wishful thinking as Pleasurepays would have you think.
The law you speak of in Cincinnati, Ohio, has never been challenged in federal court (as far as I know) and would likely be struck down if it were.
You can't compare travel to another country with free speech, considering free speech is the 1st amendment in our bill of rights (not the 5th, not the 9th, the
FIRST)
Freedom to travel abroad isn't anywhere in the constitution that I can remember.