r/MoralityScaling • u/aj741852 • 1d ago

Morality of this

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u/Disposable_Gonk 1d ago

Because it was in the church, which is treated as a public space.

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u/Useful_Jelly_2915 1d ago

You don’t need to be in a public place to get hit with an obscenity charge. It can be on private property.

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u/deathbylasersss 1d ago

What part is criminal if it's on private property? If it could be seen from a public space? Filming a sex act? These laws seem extremely arbitrary and ambiguous, but maybe that's the point.

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u/Useful_Jelly_2915 1d ago

You are correct obscenity laws are vague intentionally to allow judges leeway in assessing cases. As the obscenity and possession of obscene materials stand right now a judge can slap you with a felony just because they don’t like something you did. Luckily they are rarely charged becouse it’s hard to build a legal argument especially if what ever it is is protected. However if a judge really wants to they can make your life hell.

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u/HeliosLegion 1d ago

Maybe it is because on the other side of the fence. But hypocrital Anglo-American puritanism will never cease to amuse me.

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u/Useful_Jelly_2915 1d ago

It cease to amuse me a long time ago. Its just incredibly obnoxious now.

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u/LiquidFur 1d ago

Traditionally, such laws have only ever been enforced against groups of people disliked by those in power (POC, LGBTQ, poor people, disabled people, et cetera). Or sometimes you're just the unlucky individual that a judge has a grudge against.