Students of the University of Maryland, the censoring of music has gone too far, and it is time to take a stand. Society as a whole has recently been affected by the growing controversy over music censorship. Censorship is defined as the supervision and control of information and are circulated among the people within society. Many feel that censoring music is just a form of hiding the truth from the American people. This is clearly a biased matter that involves the music industry and the public in which they interact with. Since everyone has their own opinion, censorship has become a growing controversy and a rising subject of debate. Censorship is unconstitutional because it limits peoples' freedom of expression. If legislators can limit this right, then what right are they going to limit next? Censorship should not be allowed because it is a direct infringement upon the rights given tp us in the First Amendment, furthermore, if the government takes limit one right !
             then they may soon feel the need to limit others, and censoring music which provokes thoughts is a non-democratic form of mind control.
             The controversy over music censorship has increased greatly in the United States over the last twenty years. Everyone is trying to voice their opinion on whether music should legally be censored. There are many groups that have come together tp debate this topic. Some argue for censorship, some are neutral, and some are against it. The wide variety of opinions are what makes music censorship such a debatable topic. In today's world most censorship is for the purpose of altering or suppressing parts of some performers lyrics that are considered objectionable or offensive. Therefore, people believe that music censorship is necessary for the protection of three basic social groups. These groups are the family, the state, and the church. In the case of Miller v. California, a 1973 Supreme Court case, the court made an a...