The Reagan War On Obscenity
June, 1988
The Reagan Administration recently proposed legislation titled the Child Protection and Obscenity Enforcement Act of 1988. President Reagan rounded up Representative William Hughes of New Jersey and Senator Strom Thurmond of South Carolina to introduce the bill to Congress.To feature child protection in the title is a good PR ploy—but that's not really what the bill is all about. Some sections discuss child pornography, but most of the bill is concerned with obscenity—and incorporates all of the...
