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High court lets Alabama sex-toy ban stand
seattletimes.com ^ | 10/01/07 | PHILLIP RAWLS

Posted on 10/02/2007 4:35:31 AM PDT by TornadoAlley3

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The U.S. Supreme Court declined today to hear a challenge to Alabama's ban on the sale of sex toys, ending a nine-year legal battle and sending a warning to store owners to clean off their shelves. An adult-store owner had asked the justices to throw out the law as an unconstitutional intrusion into the privacy of the bedroom. But the Supreme Court declined to hear the appeal, leaving intact a lower court ruling that upheld the law. Sherri Williams, owner of Pleasures stores in Huntsville and Decatur, said she was disappointed, but plans to sue again on First Amendment free speech grounds. "My motto has been they are going to have to pry this vibrator from my cold, dead hand. I refuse to give up," she said.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: alabama; bonerfidemedpurpose; freemillee; freesquishy; frmodprudesquad; locked; nomoreblasty; scotus; sextoys; unjustifiedbannings
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To: expatguy

yeah but you can easily pull tho... um.. never mind.


121 posted on 10/02/2007 11:24:07 AM PDT by new cruelty
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To: expatguy
Tell that to Richard Gere.
122 posted on 10/02/2007 11:24:08 AM PDT by Chanticleer (I want God, I want Poetry, I want real danger, I want freedom, I want goodness, I want sin.)
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To: new cruelty

123 posted on 10/02/2007 11:24:59 AM PDT by Chanticleer (I want God, I want Poetry, I want real danger, I want freedom, I want goodness, I want sin.)
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To: trisham
It's not really that easy to get banned, at least, not from what I have seen.

I know people who've been disiplined with no warnings whatsoever. One friend was put under review, with no reason given, and no replies when he asked why. And then out of the blue was upgraded to banned.

It must be easier than you think.

124 posted on 10/02/2007 11:27:54 AM PDT by Tatze (I'm in a state of taglinelessness!)
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To: Jersey Republican Biker Chick

Got something for my wife and myself as raising those youngins’ was a full time job..Now it’s our time..


125 posted on 10/02/2007 11:28:46 AM PDT by silentreignofheroes (When the Last Two Prophets are taken, there will be no Tommorrow!)
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To: Tatze; Snardius

OK, I just got to put my 2 cents in here.

Stay away from my toothbrush.


126 posted on 10/02/2007 11:34:56 AM PDT by hoe_cake
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To: trisham
Free Republic is not a sex chat site, it’s a conservative political site.

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That makes sense to me.

Then how is this guy still around?

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1902859/posts

127 posted on 10/02/2007 11:35:31 AM PDT by Tatze (I'm in a state of taglinelessness!)
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To: Tatze
I know people who've been disiplined with no warnings whatsoever. One friend was put under review, with no reason given, and no replies when he asked why. And then out of the blue was upgraded to banned.

It must be easier than you think.

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Possibly. It's also human nature to want to keep mistakes private. Perhaps your friend chose to tell you only part of the truth.

128 posted on 10/02/2007 11:35:47 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: TornadoAlley3

Looney Southern Bible Thumbers that want to ban vibrators are no different than looney Northeastern liberals who want to ban guns.


129 posted on 10/02/2007 11:38:07 AM PDT by FightThePower! (Fight the powers that be!)
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To: Tatze

As I said, I’m not a Mod.


130 posted on 10/02/2007 11:38:32 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: Dumpster Baby

OMG! That's WAY too funny!

131 posted on 10/02/2007 11:39:58 AM PDT by zeugma (Ubuntu - Linux for human beings)
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To: FightThePower!

That’s Thumpers,get it right.


132 posted on 10/02/2007 11:49:09 AM PDT by silentreignofheroes (When the Last Two Prophets are taken, there will be no Tommorrow!)
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To: trisham
As I said, I’m not a Mod.

I never said you were. Just replying to your posts on the subject of bannings.

And I trust my friend to tell me the truth. Certainly about something as insignificant as access to a website.

133 posted on 10/02/2007 11:50:16 AM PDT by Tatze (I'm in a state of taglinelessness!)
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To: Tatze
And I trust my friend to tell me the truth. Certainly about something as insignificant as access to a website.

************

Well, good for you, then.

134 posted on 10/02/2007 11:55:19 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: silentreignofheroes

Mullah Omar, Ladies and Gentlemen!

Thanks for coming out tonight, Mullah, as always it’s been a blast!


135 posted on 10/02/2007 11:57:32 AM PDT by Skywalk (Transdimensional Jihad!)
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To: Skywalk

now that’s good,,


136 posted on 10/02/2007 12:01:14 PM PDT by silentreignofheroes (When the Last Two Prophets are taken, there will be no Tommorrow!)
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To: trisham
Anyway, back to the subject at hand...

Ok, bad choice of words there. Back to the other bannings, the Alabama Sex Toy Bannings.

Stupid, IMHO, but if that's what Alabama wants, then thats what Alabama gets. It's not under the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court, so they were right to deny it a hearing.

BTW, is Alabama banning these too?


137 posted on 10/02/2007 12:12:27 PM PDT by Tatze (I'm in a state of taglinelessness!)
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To: Tatze

Why would they?


138 posted on 10/02/2007 12:15:31 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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