Values activists decry Supreme Court ruling on Internet porn law

Published: 2004-07-02

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Groups that tout family values criticized the Supreme Court ruling that blocked enforcement of the Child Online Protection Act. Pat Trueman, a lawyer for the Family Research Council, called the June 29 decision "yet another victory at the high court for pornographers at the expense of America's children." She made the comments in a statement issued hours after the 5-4 decision was made public June 29. "Just one year ago the Supreme Court upheld the Children's Internet Protection Act because they realized the dangers in allowing children to be exposed to pornography in our nation's libraries," Trueman said. "That danger is no less just because a child is sitting at home." "The Supreme Court missed an important opportunity to act now to protect our nation's young people," said a June 29 statement from Jay Sekulow, chief counsel of the American Center for Law and Justice. Both the American Center for Law and Justice and the Family Research Council had filed friend-of-the-court briefs in support of the law.

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