My fellow Americans,

Our great nation is the freest on Earth. Through the centuries, America has stood as a beacon of liberty, opportunity, democracy, and yes, responsibility, in an often dark and unjust world.

What America has never been, is a place where everyone agreed with one another. As Americans we have to accept that while our neighbors have beliefs and make choices in their lives that we may disagree with, we are still neighbors and fellow citizens.

As a father, the proliferation of internet pornography is troubling to me. I worry, as I think many parents do, about how I can protect my children from encountering images and themes of sexuality that they aren't ready for.

But that's where parental responsibility has to come in! Michelle and I monitor the girls' internet activity, and even in the White House, the computers have software that lets us control where the girls can go online.

The truth ladies and gentlemen, is that the vast majority of Americans consume pornography over the internet. These aren't deviants and criminals either, overwhelmingly they are moral, upstanding, law-abiding citizens, contributing to a multi-billion dollar segment of our national economy.

My opponent and his party want to dramatically curtail what amounts to a simple diversion enjoyed by hard working Americans everywhere. They are so out of touch with the lives of ordinary people, that they had the leader of a nationally recognized hate group write language that promises to criminalize everyday people for their internet habits into the Republican Party platform.

This is not what it means to be a free nation.

Freedom means accepting that what consenting adults do together, as long as their actions aren't hurting anyone, should be free from government interferrence.

During my second term I will instruct my Department of Justice to renew their focus on producers of exploitive and inhuman material, particularly the disgraceful exploitation of children. I will also see to it that the DOJ puts in place clear guidelines to ensure that pornographic content on the internet is being made in ethical and consensual ways, regardless of the illusion being depicted.

What my Department of Justice will not do is pursue and prosecute the makers and consumers of legitimate forms of internet pornography, even though I personally find the entire business distasteful.

Being a country built on freedom isn't always easy, but it is always essential to our way of life.