Against Music CensorshipMusic censorship is a major problem that has plagued America for over fifty years. In 1957, Elvis Pressley was only allowed to be filmed from the waist up on the Ed Sullivan show (Nuzum 1). There have been many controversies since then, but more recently they have become much more prominent in the media and people and organizations are actually starting to take a stand. For example, Island Records (owned by Disney) dropped Insane Clown Posse right after the release of The Great Milenko and MTV actually refused to air Madonna's music video for Justify My Love because it was considered too sexually explicit ( Nuzum 1). Musical content is just one of many issues that make the First Amendment to our Constitution work. On the one hand, people think that speech should be censored so that people can be protected. And on the other hand, people believe that the First Amendment protects everyone's rights to free speech. Basically, it is about whether speech censorship is accepted. Many people say yes, that there should be censorship, because the lyrics of the songs tell our young people that it is okay to participate in illegal acts like murder, rape or drugs. These people believe that lyrics cause people to become social deviants. In one case, John McCullom's parents sued Ozzy Osbourne, because his song "Suicide Solution" "aided, counseled, and abetted" McCullom's suicide (Nuzum 1).C. Delores Tucker, president of the National Political Congress of Negro Women, said, "No one and no industry should be allowed to continue the social and psychological poisoning of this nation's young minds that is happening with the music industry" (91). . This belief that musical content is “poison” is widespread across America. In the 1970s, burning records was a popular way to denounce musical content, and today protests are very popular. Other ways of stifling these problematic artists may be the pressure of having to resort to a parental advisory label or the adoption of laws. The head of the Boston Coalition for Free Speech, Jim D'Entremont, explains one of the bills passed by Governor George W. Bush Jr. as "prohibiting the State of Texas or the one of its agencies to invest in a private company owning at least ten percent of any business producing music depicting, glorifying or advocating violence, substance abuse or sexual activity" (111).