 The project was formed as a division of the American Civil Liberties Union in 1991 during societal conflict in the U.S. over attempts to decrease financing for the National Endowment for the Arts, and to censor the musicians 2 Live Crew.In 2000, Heins became the founding director of the Free Expression Policy Project at the National Coalition Against Censorship.Her published books prior to "Sex, Sin, and Blasphemy" include