Pry this Vibrator from my Cold ......

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Registered: 03-31-2007
Pry this Vibrator from my Cold ......
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Tue, 10-02-2007 - 12:21pm

"They are going to have to pry this vibrator from my cold, dead hand," is the quote from one adult, novelty store owner. Sherry Williams owns 2 Pleasures stores, and she's HOT that the US Supereme Court declined to hear a challenge to Alabama's ban on the sale of sex toys. This 9 year legal battle has ended, and has prompted a warning to store owners to clean off their shelves, according to my local newspaper.

According to the article, "Alabama's anti-obscenity law, enacted in 1998, bans the distribution of any device designed or marketed as useful primarily for the stimulation of human genital organs." Residents of Alabama MAY legally purchase sex toys from out of state for use within the state. In Alabma, those that are caught distributing sex toys can receive a penalty of up to 1 year in jail and a $10,000 fine for a first offense, and a 10 year sentence for a second offense!

I'm not convinced that this matter will die down. What are your thoughts? Do you think states have the right (or should have the right) to ban sex toys? Do you think this law makes any sense?













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Registered: 02-28-2006
Wed, 10-03-2007 - 6:50pm
LOL, that'll teach me to make assumptions.


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Registered: 02-02-2004
Wed, 10-03-2007 - 7:58pm

With the right wing freaks on the Supreme Court, I wouldn't be surprised if Roe v. Wade gets overturned so we go back to back alley abortions, prayer is brought back into public school so everyone is forced to pray to Jesus, evolution is banned from public school teaching because the earth is only 6,000 years old and was made in 6 days, homosexuals will be stoned , menstruating women can't go out in public, the Ten Commandments are placed on every town hall property in the US, sex toys are illegal as well as contraceptives, and Rupert Murdoch will be allowed to buy every major media outlet in the US.


Perhaps an exaggeration, but I know plenty of people who think all of this.....and they stuff plenty of money in politicians' pockets....

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Registered: 09-13-2006
Sun, 10-07-2007 - 5:32pm

Oh man!

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Registered: 08-16-2006
Sun, 10-07-2007 - 8:15pm

sex is all ABOUT fun and using different ways to enhance arousal and pleasure between two partners (aside from the becoming closer to one another) i mean in alabama what are they going to do next? prohibit sexual acts between partners who use eachother for fun? (in the good way of course) like u implied misty.

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Registered: 03-31-2007
Sun, 10-07-2007 - 10:09pm

I totally expect we'll all hear about a scandal one day when one of the Alabama lawmakers is caught walking out of a store with a sex toy in his/her hand.

I really can't think of any logical reasoning as to why such items would be ban -- especially considering it is not illegal to purchase them elsewhere and have them shipped into the state for personal use.













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