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531: Higher Power Edition

The Scathing Atheist

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Kismarck's Ruling on the Comstock Act of 1873

The ruling from Kismarck is heavily based on the Comstock Act of 1873. That's a law championed by Anthony Comstock, one of the literal worst people in American history. The purpose of the law was to ban the mailing of any substance or instrument that could be considered a board of facient. And at that time, the porn part that included pornographic literature like the Canterbury Tales.

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