"Obscenity charges" refers to legal charges or accusations related to engaging in or distributing offensive, inappropriate, or sexually explicit materials or content that is deemed to be offensive or morally objectionable. Full definition
Abortion clinics are firebombed; Planned Parenthood workers are murdered; an art gallery owner is arrested for exhibiting Robert Mapplethorpe's photographs; a rap group is arrested on obscenity charges; the civil rights — or «special privileges» — of gays and lesbians are the subject of controversial referenda; and issues of multiculturahsm, freedom of expression and «political... (religion-online.org)
Before the show arrived in Cincinnati, a conservative group tried to force the Contemporary Arts Center to cancel its version of the show; when it went ahead, police invaded the exhibition under obscenity charges brought against the museum. (christies.com)
Dennis Barrie, director of Cincinnati's Contemporary Arts Center, is acquitted of obscenity charges after presenting Robert Mapplethorpe's photographs at the museum. (hammer.ucla.edu)