Tuesday, January 25, 2005

3rd. District deals blow to anti-porn campaigns

ABC News reports that the 3rd. District's western Pennsylvania court last Thursday passed a ruling declaring the government's anti-obscenity laws unconstitutional. District Judge Gary Lancaster wrote in the opinion that "the government can no longer rely on the advancement of a moral code, i.e., preventing consenting adults from entertaining lewd and lascivious thoughts as a legitimate, let alone compelling, state interest"

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