Anthony Comstock
This goo was worth a point in June 2023.
publication date: Friday, June 23, 2023 (part of June 2023)
category: 
Activism
clue: Several suicide notes blamed this Christian moralist for abusing his authority over the mail to arrest anyone using birth control, anatomy textbooks, misquoted Bible passages, or anything else that he deemed obscene.
explanation: Comstock was an anti-vice activist in the late 1800s who became a U.S. Postal Inspector and who convinced Congress to pass laws banning "obscene" materials from being distributed by mail. He boasted of having caused fifteen suicides in his career. more…
intended difficulty: hard
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, and Erik Bates
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