CANOGA PARK, Calif.—Free Speech Coalition (FSC) Executive Director Diane Duke will take on two anti-porn people in a debate Friday afternoon, which means the odds are in her favor. The free speech maven will participate in the debate on censorship and First Amendment issues at the Law School of the University of North Carolina’s 2010 Symposium, to be held at the university’s Chapel Hill campus.
Duke will be a featured debater on the Censorship v. The First Amendment panel scheduled for Feb. 19 from 12:30pm – 2:00pm. She will represent a pro-sexually explicit speech viewpoint, debating with Duke University Law School professor and anti-adult entertainment advocate Katharine Bartlett and Parents’ Television Council President Tim Winter.
“While considered controversial, sexually explicit speech is a protected form of speech and contributes to establishing freedoms for other forms of expression,” Duke said. “Censorship is a slippery slope if you begin taking away an individual’s right to freedom of expression. Those rights should not be infringed upon by any group’s agenda, over the rights of the individual.”
LFP/Hustler founder and free speech advocate Larry Flynt will appear as the Symposium’s keynote speaker on Thursday.
FSC Board Chair and attorney Jeffrey Douglas also will speak on a panel to be held Friday, discussing issues of free speech and sexually explicit content with former U.S. Attorney Mary Beth Buchanan and First Amendment attorney Larry Walters. College of William & Mary Law School professor William W. Van Alstyne will moderate the discussion.
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