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Wed 4 Aug, 2004 06:12 pm
Quote: Bickering over vibrators on the 11th Circuit
By Dahlia Lithwick
Slate
Posted Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2004
Last week, the United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit upheld an Alabama ban on the sale of sex toys. Alabamians can still use, improvise, borrow (not recommended by Slate or its legal counsel), or import from out-of-state the latex items of their choosing. But as far as the court of appeals is concerned, the sale and advertising of "any device designed or marketed as useful primarily for the stimulation of human genital organs" can now get you up to a year of jail time and up to $10,000 in fines. Condoms and Viagra are exempted from the ban, as are whipped cream, anything sold at the Sharper Image, and Barry White CDs.
The court of appeals decided by a 2-1 vote to uphold the 1998 law, struck down twice by a lower court. Enforcement will begin shortly.
This Slate article actually quickly moves to the serious judicial context and ramifications of it all (
read on ...), while it links to
this account of still-brisk business, on the eve of the ban, in The Huntsville Times ...
All I'm doubting is whether this story should go into Human Interest, Politics, Legal or Relationships&Marriage :wink:
Interesting article.
I hope they know how to order from Trashy.com in Missouri.
well, they have states on three sides of their borders. It's not like you have to get a new sex toy every week. Or at least not for most people.
Two ol' boys from north Alabama are goin' down the road in north Georgia (Mecca for them hill country boys), and lookin' out for a gas station . . .
Hey ! ! ! . . . pull over there, they gotta sex lottery ! ! !
Ah come on, now . . . thas gotta be a flim-flam . . .
Naw, really, pull over
So they do, at the full service island. Ol' boy comes out and fills her up for 'em, and the driver says . . .
Hey, i hear ya gotta sex lottery here . . .
(Rolling his eyes) Yeah, we got one . . . ah'm thinkin' of a number between one an' ten . . .
Seven ! ! !
Naw, it's four . . . how 'bout you Mister?
Two ! ! !
Naw . . . i already tole ya it was four . . . sorry 'bout yer luck . . .
As they drive away, the driver looks over at his buddy in disgust . . .
I just knowed we'd git flim-flammed . . .
Ah no, my wife was in here twice last week, an' she won both times ! ! !
Does the Court REALLY have to decide what I can or cannot do in my bedroom? For Gawds sakes when did they decide this needed to be included or not as a fundamental constitutional right? It's prima facia, if you ask me... No pun intended!
Jeez, what a buncha pervs. So, if my house in Alabama burns and in putting out the fire the fire chief finds a vibrator in my nightstand, does he have to turn me in? Do I lose my house, $10,000 and get put in jail? How ridiculous!
SQuinney - I think it says that you can use them, but they can't be sold in Slamabama.
So... a bar in Alabama can give them away as drink stirrers? Interesting.
BPB - are you posting as Squinney?
LOL! No, it's really me!
That did sound like a Bear thought though, didn't it.
ehBeth wrote:BPB - are you posting as Squinney?
What a riot! That was my thought as well!
Yikes! He must be rubbing off on me!
I guess the point I was making is that someone will find a way around the law, I just for the life of me can't figure out why the court would take on this issue in the first place.
I certainly wouldn't want to be the guy thrown in jail for this. Imagine ... "So, what are ya in for?" (gulp)
Hahaha!!!!!!!! They must be running out of laws to create.
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