Political Quotes

“The attorneys general wrote: The use of the ``adult services sections'' on websites such as Backpage.com has created virtual brothels where children are bought and sold using euphemistic labels such as ``escorts.'' This is a quote from a letter to this effect--I don't want anybody to think this is what I am saying, it is what they are saying. The use of the term ``adult services sections'' on websites such as Backpage.com has created virtual brothels where children are bought and sold using euphemistic labels such as ``escorts.'' Put simply, if you have knowledge that an advertisement placed on your Web site is for commercial sex with a minor, then you should be prosecuted. That is what our amendment would do. I have no doubt that prohibiting misconduct by a Web site owner is constitutional. As the Supreme Court has held on several occasions: ``Offers to engage in illegal transactions are categorically excluded from First Amendment protection.'' In fact, the Supreme Court in 1973 wrote: ``We have no doubt that a newspaper constitutionally could be forbidden to publish a want ad proposing a sale of narcotics or soliciting prostitutes.'' This amendment targets illegal conduct--commercial sex with minors-- that would not be protected by the First Amendment. It imposes liability on Web sites that know that their sites are being used to advertise minors for sex.…”