Federal Obscenity Rule Nixed In Internet Porn Case

Posted by timothy on Sunday January 23, 2005 @07:20AM from the this-sounds-ripe-for-ussc dept.

CaptainEbo writes "A court has declared the federal anti-obscenity law unconstitutional in a criminal case against an Internet porn distributor: 'We find that the federal obscenity statutes burden an individual's fundamental right to possess, read, observe, and think about what he chooses in the privacy of his own home by completely banning the distribution of obscene materials.' The court's decision rested in part on Lawrence v. Texas, the Supreme Court case striking down anti-sodomy laws. Under Lawrence, said the court, 'upholding the public sense of morality is not even a legitimate state interest.'"

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BREAKING NEWS by t_allardyce · 2005-01-23 08:01 · Score: 0, Offtopic

I know this is OT but i just heard that there is a pig flying around the sky and the christian right are trying to shoot it down!

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