Sen. Alfonse Marcello "Al" D'Amato and Sen. Strom Thurmond, both Rebublicans, were the authors of §2257, Ronald Reagn was President at the time and The Meese Report authored by Regan's Attorney General Edwin Meese was most influencial in the initial passage of §2257.


The now unconstitutional Child Online Protection Act (COPA) was authored by Sen. Dan Coats a Republican Senator from Indiana. (Who incidentally replaced Dan Quale — George H Bush's Vice President.)

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Originally Posted by INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS (Senate - November 08, 1997) By Mr. COATS: S . 1482 . A bill to amend section 223 of the Communications Act of 1934 to establish a prohibition on commercial distribution on the World Wide Web of material that is harmful to minors, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Perhaps the policies of the two main political parties in the United State can be reduced to reactive and proactive in matters relating to anti-porn legislation and anti-obscenity prosecution.

In all fairness, I would characterize neither political party of being supporters of porn publicly.

The Republican Party is just more proactive in matters relating to anti-porn legislation and anti-obscenity prosecution — that is a fact ...