In a victory for foul-mouthed Californians and Nepalese celebrating the cursing festival, the state of Pennsylvania has ended one of its most controversial practices.  In the Quaker state, if police heard you cursing, they could issue you a ticket for disorderly conduct for cursing, with fines reaching in the hundreds of dollars.  That practice has ended.  Pennsylvania state police will no longer issue disorderly conduct citations for cursing in public.

State police have agreed to end the practice after the American Civil Liberties Union got involved and pursued a lawsuit in federal court on behalf of people who were ticketed over cursing at an overflowing toilet, a swerving motorcyclist, and a parking ticket issuer, respectively.  ACLU lawyer Mary Catherine Roper says the state police had issued over 700 citations for swearing in a one-year period, with local police adding on hundreds more.  Rather than continue the fight, police are giving in, admitting that the speech is legal so long as it is nonthreatening.

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