1994 Oregon Ballot Measure 19

None Measure 19 No Free Speech Protection for Obscenity, Child Pornography. 549,754 652,139 1,201,893 1994 Oregon Ballot Measure 19 results map by county.svg county County results Yes #B6C8D9 50–60% No #DEDEBD 50–60% #BCBC83 60–70% Source: Oregon Blue Book Initiative, Referendum and Recall: 1988-1995 Oregon Blue Book Oregon Secretary of State 4 November 2008 https://sos.oregon.gov/blue-book/Documents/elections/initiative.pdf Website December 24, 2008 Ballot Measure 19 was a citizen's initiative in the U.S. state of Oregon in 1994. The measure sought to amend the Oregon Constitution, limiting free speech protection for obscenity and child pornography. The measure was rejected by the voters 54.3 percent to 45.7 percent. The measure was sponsored by the Oregon Citizens Alliance, the sponsor of Oregon Ballot Measure 9 (also a constitutional amendment), which among other things sought to prevent all governments in Oregon from using their resources to promote, encourage or facilitate homosexuality. The text of the measure read as follows: Article 1, Section 8 of this Constitution shall not be interpreted to prevent the people, the Legislative Assembly, or any City or County from enacting laws regulating or prohibiting obscenity, to the extent permitted by the United States Constitution. For purposes of this section, the term "obscenity" shall have the meaning given it by the United States Supreme Court, and in addition shall also include child pornography.NO ON CENSORSHIP. NO ON MEASURE 19. Oregon's Constitution Guarantees Greater Freedom Orego Opposing the measure were a coalition of groups that made up the "No Censorship - No On 19" Committee, led by the American Civil Liberties Union. Other groups included bookstores, video stores and student groups. The OCA also sponsored Measure 13 in the same year.Oregon's Prop. 13: how conservative values were used to defeat an anti-gay rights referendum Campaigns & Elections March 1995 Bob Meadow Dawn Laguens Heidi Von Szeliski Michael Terris http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2519/is_n3_v16/ai_16999784 https://web.archive.org/web/20080916183214/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2519/is_n3_v16/ai_16999784 usurped 3 16 September 16, 2008 See also Oregon Jacobellis v. Ohio, a 1964 U.S. Supreme Court decision I know it when I see it Miller v. California, a 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision List of Oregon ballot measures References Category:1994 Oregon ballot measures Category:Initiatives in the United States Category:Pornography in Oregon Category:Obscenity law Category:1994 in LGBTQ history Category:LGBTQ history in Oregon