We study all these topics because they shape the practices that constitute the common life of contemporary communities seeking in faith to respond appropriately to God. (religion-online.org)
Third, because the Court has adopted the policy of applying contemporary community standards in evaluating expression with sexual connotations, this Court should defer to the views of the district and circuit judges who are in a much better position to evaluate this speech than we are. (supreme.justia.com)
Instead, it adopted the well - known definition of obscenity, «whether to the average person, applying contemporary community standards, the dominant theme of the material taken as a whole appeals to prurient interest.» (firstthings.com)