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    Sep 18, 2008, 05:23 PM
    First Amendment
    Does the first amendment protect your right to see whatever movie you wish?
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    Sep 18, 2008, 05:43 PM
    The first amendment protects the right to express yourself, including:
    Free speech
    Free exercise of religion
    Freedom of the press
    Peaceful assembly
    Right to petition

    I'm assuming you are asking about children getting into R rated movies? No, this is not a right.
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    Sep 18, 2008, 07:15 PM
    No, movies are restricted by age

    And of course movie theater are private owned and they can restrict who they serve
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    Sep 24, 2008, 06:43 AM
    The "state " must demonstrate that a limitation on freedom of speech and expression is necessary ;otherwise the 1st amendment is absolute. This has left it up to the court system and the legislative branchs to define the parameters and defend their decision in the judicial system. This is logical in that these freedoms are sometimes in conflict with other values.
    Regarding movies then ,the court defined in 1973 the "Miller Test " (Miller v California) that "obscenity " was not a right protected under the 1st amendment.
    The Miller test says that a movie is not protected if the average person, applying contemporary community standards, would find that the work, taken as a whole, appeals to the "prurient" interest.
    Whether the work depicts/describes, in a patently offensive way, sexual conduct or excretory functions specifically defined by applicable state law,
    Whether the work, taken as a whole, lacks serious literary, artistic, political or scientific value.

    The rating system mentioned is a voluntary system that the motion picture industry agreed to.
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    Sep 24, 2008, 06:46 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by BlueBearcat11 View Post
    does the first amendment protect your right to see whatever movie you wish?
    In a word; No!

    The First Amendment restricts what laws the government can make limiting one's right to say what they want. The movie industry is NOT the government, Therefore, it has every right to restrict access to their content based on age or other criteria.

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