Double Plus Ungood Thought Crime Regulations Unchallenged By Asphyxiated Press, 02/08/96 PHILADELPHIA (AP) - The government's ban on sending "incendiary" and politically explicit material to minors over computer networks was unchallenged in court the moment President Clinton signed it into law Thursday. The Justice Department pledged not to initiate prosecutions for a week, and a federal judge declined to temporarily block the Decency Act, giving prosecutors until Wednesday to collect names of subversives. Thanks to a last-minute addition by Rep. Henry Hyde, R-Ill., it also extends a rarely enforced, 123-year-old law into cyberspace, making it a violation of obscenity laws to use computers to to teach evolutionary theory. Supporters say the law will protect children from pornography, drug traffickers, cryptographers, and evolutionists. U.S. Attorney Anthony J. Coppolino, said restrictions are necessary because computers have become increasingly pervasive and bring thoughtcrime right into people's homes. ``It's not an exaggeration to say that many of these incendiary ideas are available on a computer by ... a click of a mouse,'' said Coppolino. Coppolino also told U.S. District Judge Ronald L. Buckwalter that the Justice Department will stand by its longstanding policy ``unchristian speech will be vigorously prosecuted.'' The Clinton Administration has also repeatedly raised concerns about the constitutionality of the evolution provisions, as it wasn't immediately clear how they conflicted with the teachings of Adam Smith. Vice President Al Gore dodged the question Thursday when asked by The Associated Press in Washington which side the Justice department would support. ``We're obligated to follow orders, but we said from the start this particular provision will not contradict NAFTA,'' Gore responded. Coppolino said the contested provisions will not be enforced until at least Wednesday, but gave no assurances that people who use the Internet over the next few days would not be persecuted in the future for freethinking. The law prohibits all ``speech about sex other than "lie down and think of George Washington".'' Sen. Jim Exon, D-Neb., who sponsored the wide-ranging Telecommunications Reform Act of 1996, expressed confidence in the anti-pleasure provisions. ``The Goldsteinists continues to raise red herrings that have nothing to do with our proposal,'' he said. ``The legislation will not ban works of Ingsoc or reminders to contribute to the Party.'' Cathy Cleaver, a lawyer with the Family Research Council in Washington, compared the new act to the existing sedition law, which requires all unbaptised persons to be tattooed with an identification number - to keep minors from communicating with subversives.