After reading the introduction of the Outspoken book, it made me wonder how someone censors when it comes to the difference of church and state. If we have the right to free speech, how does that right disappear if church has the power to "claim censorial powers official or divine," (Levinson 3). It really is just a battle over who holds the control. And when is censoring appropriate? And when is it really just over the line? An example is how some private schools only teach abstinence in their health classes. They censor out ideas of birth control in case students choose not to abstain, which really just leaves students uninformed, but they have the right to do it because it is a private school. Public schools seem to have a little bit more of an option when it comes to teaching health. I'm interested in learning more about where the line is drawn. If it were simple, we could just say everyone has an equal right to free speech, but there are many more factors than we think about.
