| If you get out and drive around town at
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| | remark to a specific group of people that
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| all you have surely seen all kinds of
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| | it is okay, at least in Georgia.
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| different bumper stickers ranging from
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| | Despite the victories by these mentioned
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| just a timid "Virginia is for Lovers" to
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| | above and many others there are a lot of
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| "I hate Bush" and many variations
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| | states that have laws similar to the one
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| between. We see parents displaying
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| | below:
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| stickers stating they are proud of their
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| | According to the law in Tennessee, "the
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| child like the "my child is an honor
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| | display of obscene and patently offensive
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| student" ones, and conversely the
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| | movies, bumper stickers, window signs, or
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| negative parody, "my kid beat up your
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| | other markings on or in a motor vehicle
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| honor student". What you may not know is
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| | which is visible to other drivers is
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| that many states have statutes
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| | prohibited and display of such materials
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| prohibiting certain kinds of statements
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| | shall subject the owner of the vehicle on
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| or illustrations. Is this a violation of
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| | which they are displayed, upon
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| our rights under the First Amendment?
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| | conviction, to a fine of not less than
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| Let's take a look at what is being said.
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| | $2.00, nor more than $50.00." The state
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| The U.S. Supreme Court has stated that
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| | defines obscene like this:
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| "the government may not prohibit the
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| | "(A) The average person applying
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| expression of an idea simply because
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| | contemporary community standards would
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| society finds the idea itself offensive
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| | find that the work, taken as a whole,
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| or disagreeable and the fact that
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| | appeals to the prurient interest;
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| protected speech may be offensive to some
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| | (B) The average person applying
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| does not justify its suppression."
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| | contemporary community standards would
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| Regardless, there have still been many
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| | find that the work depicts or describes,
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| situations where individuals have been
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| | in a patently offensive way, sexual
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| cited for the language or illustrations
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| | conduct; and
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| displayed on their vehicles. One woman in
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| | (C) The work, taken as a whole, lacks
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| Florida who had the famous four letter
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| | serious literary, artistic, political, or
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| word for intercourse stated three times
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| | scientific value
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| on a sticker was cited but the charges
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| | (11) "Patently offensive" means that
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| were dropped because the word was not
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| | which goes substantially beyond customary
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| being used in a sexual context.
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| | limits of candor in describing or
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| A man in Georgia displaying the infamous
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| | representing such matters.
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| "_ _it happens" statement was fined $100
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| | I have to agree with what the Georgia
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| by a local jurisdiction, he took the case
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| | court concluded their ruling in the case
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| to the Georgia Supreme Court citing that
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| | mentioned above, a statement from
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| the law was unconstitutional and they
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| | Benjamin Franklin, "Everything one has a
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| sided with him saying, "the peace of
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| | right to do is not best to be done." So,
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| society is not endangered by the profane
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| | in plain English, just because we have a
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| or lewd word which is not directed at a
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| | right to do it doesn't mean we should.
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| particular audience." This seems to state
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| | Use some common sense in what you display
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| that as long as you aren't directing your
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| | on your car.
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