Quote:The U.S. Supreme Court rejected on Tuesday a constitutional challenge to an Alabama law that makes it a crime to sell sex toys. The high court refused to hear an appeal by a group of individuals who regularly use sexual devices and by two vendors who argued the case raised important issues about the scope of the constitutional right to sexual privacy.
The law prohibited the distribution of 'any device designed or marketed as useful primarily for the stimulation of human genital organs.' First-time violators can face a fine of up to $10,000 and as much as one year in jail.
The law, adopted in 1998, allowed the sale of ordinary vibrators and body massagers that are not designed or marketed primarily as sexual aids. It exempted sales of sexual devices 'for a bona fide medical, scientific, educational, legislative, judicial or law enforcement purpose.'
Georgia and Texas are the only other states that restrict the distribution of sexual devices, according to the court record in the case.
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So... I can't buy a vibrator for my own pleaseure, but a police officer can buy one for... What? Abu Ghraib style prisoner abuse? A lawyer can buy one for what? Jury manipulation? A judge can buy one for... ??? And, what exactly would the legislative branch need one for?
(I swear there's a thousand Gannon / Guckert jokes hiding in this one!)
What the heck is wrong with people in Alabama, Texas and Georgia to put this kinda stuff on the books in 2005?
And last, but not least, who here wouldn't have loved to have had the Supreme's take this one just for the fine reading of the Decision?
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