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South Carolina Outlawing Profanity

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  • Start Date:
    1-15-2009
  • Last Vote:
    2-12-2009

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There is a bill currently in the South Carolina Senate that will outlaw public profanity.  Another "To protect the children" law.  Here is how is goes:

TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 16-15-370 SO AS TO MAKE IT UNLAWFUL TO COMMUNICATE PROFANITY IN A PUBLIC FORUM OR PLACE OF PUBLIC ACCOMMODATION; BY ADDING SECTION 16-15-430 SO AS TO CREATE THE OFFENSE OF DISSEMINATING PROFANITY TO A MINOR AND PROVIDE A PENALTY FOR THE OFFENSE; TO AMEND SECTION 16-15-305, RELATING TO DISSEMINATING OBSCENITY, SO AS TO SPECIFY BOTH ORAL AND WRITTEN PUBLICATIONS; AND TO AMEND SECTION 16-15-375, RELATING TO DEFINITIONS FOR PURPOSES OF MORALITY AND DECENCY OFFENSES AGAINST MINORS, SO AS TO INCLUDE THE OFFENSE OF DISSEMINATING PROFANITY TO A MINOR.

Someone said Americans have the freedom of speech, the problem is freedom after speech.

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Submitted on 1-31-2009

so is there a magic list of words that can't be said or written publicly? If there is, then where will they write that list that isn't documented in the public record for us to know about? BTW: the FCC doesn't have a list, it is all very ambiguous and quite subjective.

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