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Texas obscenity statute information


The Texas obscenity statute is a statute prohibiting the sale of sex toys in Texas. The law was introduced in 1973, and was last updated in 2003. While the law was never formally repealed, in 2008 a U.S. District Judge released a report declaring it to be "facially unconstitutional and unenforceable."

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Texas obscenity statute

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The Texas obscenity statute is a statute prohibiting the sale of sex toys in Texas. The law was introduced in 1973, and was last updated in 2003. While...

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United States obscenity law

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each state, and there are differences among such laws. Federal statutes ban obscenity and child pornography produced with real children (such child pornography...

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Obscenity

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An obscenity is any utterance or act that strongly offends the prevalent morality of the time. It is derived from the Latin obscēnus, obscaenus, "boding...

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Freedom of speech in the United States

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pornography.) The 1998 Anti-Obscenity Enforcement Act in Alabama applies to sex toys. The similar 1973 Texas obscenity statute (updated in 2003) was declared...

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Comstock Act of 1873

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widely upheld as constitutional. The Comstock Act does not criminalize obscenity, criminal incitement, or abortion directly but it criminalizes the use...

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Max Hardcore

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two and a half years in prison (2009–2011), convicted in a trial for obscenity. Max Hardcore's films generally consist of sexual acts executed by himself...

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Sodomy laws in the United States

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North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, Utah and Virginia. Colin Talley argues that the sodomy statutes in colonial America in the 17th century...

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Dildo

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federal appeals court overturned a Texas statute banning the sales of dildos and other sexual toys, deeming such a statute as violating the Constitution's...

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Bryanston Distributing Company

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Cohen, Henry (2003). "The Miller Test". Obscenity and Indecency: Constitutional Principles and Federal Statutes. New York: Novinka Books. pp. 2–5. ISBN 9781590337493...

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Indecent exposure in the United States

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present at the location." Clothing laws in the United States United States obscenity law List of social nudity places in the United States Exhibitionism Streaking...

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Child erotica

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if the child erotica amendment complies with the Miller standard for obscenity." 475 N.J. Super. at 235. Furthermore, the Appellate Division held that...

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Ages of consent in the United States

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territory sets the age of consent either by statute or the common law applies, and there are several federal statutes related to protecting minors from sexual...

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Title 18 of the United States Code

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7, and 9 were all included in the original title as it was enacted by statute 62 Stat. 683. Chapter 2 was added to Title 18 in July 1956 with the enactment...

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Video nasty

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This list included films that had either been previously acquitted of obscenity or already obtained BBFC certification. In addition, a second list was...

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Naked Lunch

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selling copies of Naked Lunch, arguing they had violated California's obscenity statute. Municipal Judge Alan Campbell described the novel as "repugnant"...

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