Complex sentence: Advocates for pornography are staunch defenders of the 1st Amendment, free speech, and the arts; while its critics and detractors have blamed it for a succession of societal ailments as well as a general religious downfall.
Split into simpler sentences: Advocates for pornography are staunch defenders of the 1st Amendment, free speech, and the arts. Its critics and detractors have blamed it for a succession of societal ailments as well as a general religious downfall.