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Another erosion of the Constitution
Topic Started: Jan 14 2006, 03:11 PM (166 Views)
George K
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Finally
(made ya look, didn't I?)

http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?Stor...13-014906-7915r

High Court says no free speech for penis

LANSING, Mich., Jan. 13 (UPI) -- Michigan's Supreme Court Friday let stand the indecent exposure conviction of a man who used his penis as a character on his cable access TV show.

Viewer complaints led prosecutors to file the charge against Timothy Huffman for a 2000 show broadcast over a Grand Rapids, Mich., public access channel. During the show, Huffman used his penis as a stand-up comic.

He appealed his conviction to the state's highest court, claiming his right to free speech had been violated.

However, the Supreme Court issued a three-sentence ruling saying justices were "not persuaded that the questions presented should be reviewed by this court," the Detroit Free Press reported.

After Michigan's Court of Appeals earlier upheld the verdict, Kent County Assistant Prosecutor Tim McMorrow told the Free Press: "This is really not a First Amendment case. The First Amendment protects his right to an opinion, not the right to appear naked on TV."
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George K
Jan 14 2006, 11:11 PM
Huffman used his penis as a stand-up comic.

:lol2:

:ph43r:

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Groove Tube
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George K
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I was waiting....
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George K
Jan 15 2006, 09:45 PM
I was waiting....

Patiently, i hope...

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Maybe if you had titled the thread - PENIS!!! - it would have got alot more hits. :P

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George K
Jan 14 2006, 04:11 PM
Viewer complaints led prosecutors to file the charge against Timothy Huffman

Apparently the most common complaint was the shows numerous shortcomings!!

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George K
Jan 14 2006, 03:11 PM
During the show, Huffman used his penis as a stand-up comic.

stand-up??

:lol:
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I was wondering how many people remembered Groove Tube... :lol:
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The main problem with the show... too long in between reruns.
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Mikhailoh
Jan 15 2006, 02:41 PM
I was wondering how many people remembered Groove Tube... :lol:

I don't remember it. I couldn't remember it. That would make me old. So I made it up.

I swear.
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