... That's not the issue. The issue is how good are we at defining whether something is suitable art or not suitable art, and how do we draw those definitions, and should we really write definitions on the floor of the Senate that cover "Godspell" and "Tom Sawyer" and "The Merchant of Venice" and "The Color Purple" and "The Godfather"? ...I think the answer is no.

— Senator John C. Danforth, September 1989