Supporters of the of the Decency Act, including several religious and conservative interest groups, dismissed the protest as misguided.

A similar scenario occurred with the passage of the Military Honor and Decency Act of 1996.

The original Communications Decency Act, which outlawed the general distribution of material harmful to minors, was struck down last year as unconstitutional.

The law, the Military Honor and Decency Act, was passed last year but has never been enforced.

The panel says that the 1996 Communications Decency Act would infringe upon the free speech rights of adults.

The civil liberties union and other groups successfully fought the 1996 Communications Decency Act.

Unfortunately...most of the attention is going to the wrong issue, the Decency Act.

The 1996 Communications Decency Act, he said, protects him from liability for comments posted by third parties.

But what Clinton did on the Communications Decency Act is truly unforgivable.

Coincidentally, Cheney's outburst occurred on the same day that the Defense of Decency Act was passed in the Senate.