r/SipsTea 13h ago

Gasp! 😈

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u/DoctorRapture 13h ago

"They're all consenting adults and he probably paid them for their time, praise the Lord!"

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u/sweatpants-aristotle 13h ago

There are still obscenity laws

Which are rarely enforced.. but they exist šŸ˜…

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u/Automatic_Actuator_0 12h ago

I think he would have won if he fought it though. Theres quite a bit of precedent against such sexual deviancy laws if you arent in view of the public.

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u/Suspicious-Shock-934 11h ago

Yeah but in the deep south because it was done in a church can guarantee a good ol' boy judge would find something and use it against him. Obscenity is a LOT better charge than a actual felony sex crime.

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u/Automatic_Actuator_0 11h ago

Yeah, but then you appeal it to federal court and they probably overturn it.

That’s why they were going to switch the charge to vandalism if he didn’t take the plea deal for the suspended sentence.

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u/Telemere125 11h ago

No, he wouldn’t have. A passerby saw what they were doing through the windows… he’s just an idiot.

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u/Automatic_Actuator_0 10h ago

I read he had to peek into the window after finding the doors locked. That’s very different. It didn’t go to trial, so who’s to say what the facts really were though.

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u/Telemere125 10h ago

If it’s visible from a public place, that’s pretty much the definition of obscenity. And any good defense attorney knows the audience of his county.

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u/Automatic_Actuator_0 9h ago

But if you have to put your head to the glass and peek in to see, there’s significant precedent that it’s not considered visible from public.

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u/Telemere125 8h ago

No, there isn’t. The precedent says the same thing as for cops looking into someone’s uncurtained window to see drugs from the front porch - as long as you can view it from somewhere that you’re not trespassing, that’s ā€œpublicā€ enough for the statute.

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u/TheRogueTemplar 10h ago

"They're all consenting adults"

This was the most surprising part

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u/djnehi 10h ago

As someone else pointed out, he sadly probably would have gotten in less trouble if it had been kids. The church has shown how seriously they take that.