ICANN votes against .xxx Domain

"The agency that sets the Internet addressing guidelines influencing how people navigate the Web defeated a proposal Friday to give adult Web sites their own ".xxx" domain."
I find it to be very disappointing that this proposal was rejected on Friday. By giving adult Web sites their own .xxx domain separates the pornography section of the Internet from interfering with the rest of the information. If the adult web site industry were to have their own domain it would make it easier to control the access of these sights by minors and the unsuspecting. In some events there are domain names that one would assume to be a store or a search engine, and since they are not,people are unsuspectingly exposed to pornography on the Internet, while trying to search for shoes or a song title. If all adult web sites were subject to .xxx domains it would eliminate unsuspecting adults and minors from being confronted with pornographic images while they are exploring the Internet. Although many religious groups have concern for the expansion of the adult porn industry on the Internet, I think it would be making a necessary separation between basic information and shopping from pornography.
"Religious groups worried that ".xxx" would legitimize and expand the number of adults sites, which more than a third of U.S. Internet users visit each month, according to comScore Media Metrix. The Web site measurement firm said 4 percent of all Web traffic and 2 percent of all time spent Web surfing involved an adult site."
By approving this proposal would have been from ICANN to protect children from being exposed to pornographic images due to a type in a domain name. If the domain names of adult web sites remain intertwined with those of Google and walmart.com children are at risk of being exposed to pornographic material. I think that the protection of children should take precedence over a religious view that fears the inevitable, the expansion of the porn industry.
"ICANN revived the proposal in January after ICM agreed to hire independent organizations to monitor porn sites' compliance with the new rules, which would be developed by a separate body called the International Foundation for Online Responsibility."
It would be unnecessary for ICM to organize the International Foundation for Online Responsibility if ICANN provided all adult web sites with the .xxx domain. ICANN can exert control over the world wide web if they created a clear distinction between elicit material and school research.
I think that ICANN should be approved the proposal for all adult web sites to have a .xxx domain.