State of the Law on Pornography

Clifton Drake writes at the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission: “When it comes to the word ‘pornography,’ many Christians would assume it’s synonymous with ‘obscenity,’ and indeed in the biblical worldview, it is. The law, however, takes a different view. Although obscenity is not protected by the First Amendment, pornography is not necessarily considered under the law obscene and therefore is often protected as free speech. For something to be considered obscene, three factors must be shown . . . “