[A draft petition, comment, but do it QUICKLY.] In united voice, we sign this petition against passage of S.314 ("The Communications Decency Act of 1995") for these reasons: S.314 would prohibit not only individual speech that is "obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy, or indecent", but would prohibit any provider of telecommunications service from carrying such traffic, under threat of stiff penalty. Even aside from the implications for free speech, this would cause an undue - and quite possibly unjust - burden upon operators of various telecommunications services. In a time where the citizenry and their lawmakers alike are calling for and passing "no unfunded mandates" laws, it is unfortunate that Congress might seek to impose unfunded mandates upon businesses that provide the framework for the information age. The threat of such penalty alone might result in a chilling effect in the telecommunications service community, again creating an environment contrary to the principles of free speech, press, and assembly - principles which entities such as the internet embody as nothing has before. We ask that the Senate halt any further progress of this bill. We ask that the Senate be an example to Congress as a whole, and to the nation at large - to promote the general welfare as stated in the Preamble to the Constitution by protecting the free flow of information and ideas across all of our telecommunications services. - dog