Rick Santorum, pornography, and legislating morality

• Can the federal government effectively eradicate pornography through obscenity laws?
• Does legislating morality win people for Christ, or is it ineffective?
• Is morality just opinion, or is there objective truth?

A host reads reporting on presidential candidate Rick Santorum's pledge to vigorously enforce federal obscenity laws to eradicate pornography, including a legal analysis from UCLA professor Eugene Volok. The hosts then spend a long stretch debating whether legislating morality is effective or biblical: removing access does not remove temptation; prohibition-style bans create black markets; obscenity is subjective and today's standard could be turned on Christianity itself; government enforcement delivers only the 'rod part' of Christ without the love. The discussion extends to gay marriage, abortion, and murder laws, with the hosts concluding everyone bargains over which moral lines they will stand on, and that standing for truth must not be decided by fear of man.