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Originally Posted by Nickatilynx
Sorry to be Devils advocate here...but do you really think the Constitution was written to allow people to endulge in BDSM and then sell the movies?
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No. The Constitution, if read through carefully, is based on "contract law" and was written to protect businessmen. What I call "the Beloved Afterthought," the "Bill of Rights," was tacked on later because somebody went "oops, we don't have one and probably should have."
The ammendments are vague for a reason. The framers had no idea of what the future would hold. "Freedom of speech" and "freedom of the press" was meant to protect people's right to speak/write for or against political issues. Later interpretations have made it what it is today.
And now we have the phrase "slippery slope," which is tossed around on a multitude of issues. To specifically answer your question, no, of course that's not what it was written for. However, it *must* protect things like BDSM or it won't be able to protect anything.
Either we all have rights, or nobody has rights. Damn shame sometimes, but there we have it.