A in The Tennessean newspaper added, “Opponents have argued that laws are already in place to prevent public obscenity and that the bill’s broad language will have a chilling effect on artistic performance and depictions of gender nonconformity.”

Source: https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/governor-restrict-drag-performances-awkward-photo-rcna72648

Cutting me off in traffic may justify a honk of the horn and a selected obscenity or two.

Source: https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/07/20/opposing-war-no-disclaimers-required/

“During the celebrations, Napoli fans displayed all the classic traits of what has become known as the Neapolitan ‘character’: irony, parody and a sense of the macabre, obscenity and blasphemy.”

Source: https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/football/naples-the-city-of-blood-miracle-and-maradona-erupts-at-napolis-serie-a-triumph-after-33-years-8595788/

I have no idea what contribution, if any, he makes at any level to the wellbeing and sustainability of humanity; it’s just that I think there an obscenity – as in, ‘an offence to public decency’ – in the accumulation of personal wealth to that degree.

Source: https://www.impartialreporter.com/news/23823563.billionaires-worth-continuing-soar---tumbles/?ref=rss

It was the first in a litany of recorded crimes: sodomy, poisoning, whippings, obscenity, kidnappings, rape.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/21/books/review/the-curse-of-the-marquis-de-sade-joel-warner.html

“I would encourage you to direct (constituents) to the obscenity statute,” Johnson said.

Source: https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/tennessee-senate-oks-bill-restrict-drag-shows-97009843

The laws’ implications, that drag performances should be considered potential sites of obscenity and harm to children, perniciously reinforce now well-established lines of Republican anti-LGBTQ+ fearmongering.

Source: https://theintercept.com/2023/03/04/tennessee-anti-drag-law/