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To: misterrob
Read the decision. There is no fundamental right to sexual privacy. The SCOTUS declined to go that far in Lawrence.

As long as the legislation bears some relation to some legitimate end, it will be upheld. Here, the legitimate end is public morality. Kinda refreshing to see those two words again in a legal opinion.

18 posted on 02/16/2007 8:54:46 AM PST by Kryptonite (Keep Democrats Out of Power!)
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To: Kryptonite

I don't think this law ever gets enforced except when large "Sex Toys" signs are posted on roadways. Years and years ago I remember Spencer Gifts at the mall had vibrators for sale.


19 posted on 02/16/2007 9:17:03 AM PST by Monterrosa-24 ( ...even more American than a French bikini and a Russian AK-47.)
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To: Kryptonite
As long as the legislation bears some relation to some legitimate end, it will be upheld. Here, the legitimate end is public morality. Kinda refreshing to see those two words again in a legal opinion.

But there has to be a meaningful relationship between the regulated entity and 'public morality.' I can't just randomly ban things (popcorn, staplers, whatever) without explaing why. So what is the 'public morality' relevance of this law?

31 posted on 02/16/2007 12:30:34 PM PST by Sloth (The GOP is to DemonRats in politics as Michael Jackson is to Jeffrey Dahmer in babysitting.)
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To: Kryptonite
Here, the legitimate end is public morality. Kinda refreshing to see those two words again in a legal opinion.

Yeah!! And while we're at it, let's outlaw blasphemy, too - that'd be extra refreshing!!!

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40 posted on 02/16/2007 2:24:49 PM PST by Yossarian (Everyday, somewhere on the globe, somebody is pushing the frontier of stupidity.)
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