Sentences with phrase «federal obscenity»

Is everyone involved really going to be OK with all of this - especially since the law specifically notes that the records may be used as evidence in a federal obscenity prosecution?

Not exact matches

The retrospective of more than 150 works, many of them depicting gay subcultures, proved too hot to handle and a number of museums found themselves on the frontline of controversy — the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, DC canceled their presentation of the show and the director of the Cincinnati's Contemporary Arts Center was tried for obscenity and acquitted — and some politicians used the ICA show as an example of how federal grants were misused by the cultural community.

The three panelists talked mostly about obscenity prosecutions, federal record - keeping requirements and zoning laws.