Thursday, February 15, 2007

Sex toy ban upheld in AL, adult gizmos = illegal devices


This just in, snip from Xbiz:
In a unanimous opinion, a three-judge panel for the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld an Alabama statute banning the commercial distribution of sex toys, saying that there is no fundamental right to privacy raised by the plaintiff's case against the law.

According to the statute, it is 'unlawful for any person to knowingly distribute any obscene material or any device designed or marketed as useful primarily for the stimulation of human genital organs.'

Link, and the American Consitutional Society blog has more: Link (thanks Violet Blue and Jason Schultz).

Previously on BB:

  • Sex toys still banned in Alabama, guns okay
  • Court upholds sex toy ban, no fundamental right to dildos
  • Texas sex toy ruling by Supreme Court: guns yes! vibrators no!
  • New TSA restrictions and sex toys: whither the lube?

    Reader commment: Jason Gill says,

    Considering that they narrowly worded the statute, do you think that the law in Alabama allows for devices marketed as useful for the stimulation of non-human animal genitals? Just slap a "Cats love it! NOT FOR USE ON HUMAN GENITAL ORGANS" label on your Hello Kitty Vibrator and you are in business.

    The Alabama legislature must be a bunch of sick bestiality types to let this sort of thing slip by, but I think that probably goes without saying.

    Devin Binger says,
    I am certain that the bill specifies human genitals when banning sex toys in order to avoid prohibiting devices for the collection of animal semen for breeding. One such device was featured on Boing Boing: Link



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