guttermouth

Dear [INSERT CONGRESSPERSON HERE],

I am writing you as a citizen of [INSERT DISTRICT HERE]. I am writing specifically because I am very concerned about the new wave of attorney general Alberto Gonzales's "War on porn", which seeks to target not just child pornography (which is reprehensible in every way and should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law), but pornographic images and videos that depict consensual sexual acts between legal adults.

According to the Washington Post, Mr. Gonzales has ordered the FBI to target porn that features "includes bestiality, urination, defecation, as well as sadistic and masochistic behavior." I have no problem with authorities choosing to target pornographers who deal with material that is not consentual between both parties (child porn, bestiality, etc.), but when the government starts telling Americans what is acceptable for them to look at beyond those limitations, I am furious. I believe in freedom of speech, in freedom of the press and in freedom from governmental invasions of privacy. And I firmly believe that this new FBI task-force is simply the Bush Administration's new wave of morality police come to tell me what I can and can't do with my free time.

This is unacceptable in view of the First Amendment of course, but also because it is diverting key resources from more worthy fights for the FBI to undertake (such as the war on terror or homeland security for instance.)

I urge you as a leader in your party and a congressperson with a strong record on individual liberties to take congressional action on this issue and let Mr. Bush and Mr. Gonzales know that the American people will no longer tolerate intrusions into their personal sexual choices or their freedom of expression.

Sincerely,

[YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS]

Please send this to your local congressman, and stop the FBI's senseless ban against the pornography(art) that we all enjoy.