Word: tropics
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...will not be easy, but the decision of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts must take into account that same Court's important ruling in the Tropic of Cancer case here. At that time it said "the First Amendment protects material which has value because of ideas, news, or artistic, literary or scientific attributes." There is also the influence of the recent New York decision permitting Fanny Hill to circulate, as well as that of recent cases in the United States Supreme Court that have leaned toward protection of the writing at issue...
...with missionary zeal. Frequently they feel they have discovered the Truth about sex. And frequently this Truth can be summarized in one of two ways: to such enlightened authors sex is either the symbol of all our society's problems or the answer to them. Thus Henry Miller's Tropic of Cancer uses-sex to symbolize action in a world where all action is hopeless though despair must be avoided. On the other hand, in Women in Love D.H. Lawrence declares that only the rejuvenation represented by sex can revive our mechanical society...
...stunned-not by the decision of our Supreme Court but by the criticism by highly respected clergymen. If the clergymen are so critical of the modern words used in Tropic of Cancer, then let them be courageous enough to explain some of the words in the Old Testament. Like millions of Americans, I have full faith in the Supreme Court...
What upset the clergymen was the fact that the court recently overturned three state court bans against the sale of Henry Miller's Tropic of Cancer and an Ohio ruling that forbade the showing of a French movie called The Lovers. In all, nine clergymen signed the public statement: Presiding Bishop Lloyd C. Wicke of the Methodist Church New York Conference; the Rev. Wilburn C. West, Eastern States Mission President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints; the Rev. W. Scott Morton, Director of New York's Presbyterian University Christian Foundation; Catholic Bishops...
...COURTS Tropic of Illinois Having "carefully and delicately" read Henry Miller's Tropic of Cancer, the Illinois Supreme Court last month declared the book obscene -"a series of revolting sexual encounters described in the most filthy and obscene language imaginable." The court also gave the back of its hand to Nightclub Comedian Lenny Bruce, upholding an obscenity charge on the grounds of his "morbid interest in sex." Last week the court said oops, and in a rare move withdrew both opinions. Reason: the U.S. Supreme Court had meanwhile reversed a Florida ban against Tropic and narrowed its view...