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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: martin_fierro

Not for everyone honey. LOL!


21 posted on 10/02/2007 5:11:56 AM PDT by PinkDolphin
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To: martin_fierro

I have to say NOT GUILTY, but she gets a spanking anyway.


22 posted on 10/02/2007 5:12:11 AM PDT by bk1000 (A clear conscience is a sure sign of a poor memory)
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To: TornadoAlley3
"My motto has been they are going to have to pry this vibrator from my cold, dead hand."

Honey, it's not your hand that's cold and dead, knowhutImean?

23 posted on 10/02/2007 5:27:42 AM PDT by Old Sarge (This tagline in memory of FReeper 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub)
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To: RichInOC

But, Alabama beng Alabama, the blow up sheep are exempt from the ban. :D


24 posted on 10/02/2007 5:31:22 AM PDT by BritExPatInFla
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To: martin_fierro

Honey, wouldn’t it just be easier to get a date?
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LOL.

Will Alabama next ban the male hand? Or just remove it if it is found in an act of, uh, well, you get the idea.


25 posted on 10/02/2007 5:31:28 AM PDT by dmz
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To: TornadoAlley3

Just repackage and market them as wood working tools.


26 posted on 10/02/2007 5:39:29 AM PDT by Rb ver. 2.0 (Reunite Gondwanaland!)
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To: TornadoAlley3

I guess all the Alabama men who can’t get their wives off feel a little bit better today.


27 posted on 10/02/2007 5:41:57 AM PDT by Wolfie
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To: martin_fierro

“Gentlemen of the jury, how do you find?”

Looks pretty good for a mature prostitute. Gotta go with the SC on this. States have this one.


28 posted on 10/02/2007 5:42:19 AM PDT by driftdiver
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To: TornadoAlley3

“do you think sex is a dirty thing ?”
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“only if it’s performed in a propper way”


29 posted on 10/02/2007 5:43:05 AM PDT by Rummenigge (there's people willing to blow out the light because it casts a shadow)
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To: OCCASparky

Actually, I’d say its not an issue for government period, but I don’t expect many here to agree.


30 posted on 10/02/2007 5:45:27 AM PDT by NorthFlaRebel
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To: ItisaReligionofPeace

Uh, what was the old meaning again?


31 posted on 10/02/2007 5:47:11 AM PDT by LilAngel (Pray)
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To: Rummenigge

From the show Night Court
Some lady to Dan Felding after he hits on her, “Sex with you would be the most vile, disgusting thing I could imagine”.
Dan, “I guarantee it”.


32 posted on 10/02/2007 5:47:45 AM PDT by pdunkin
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To: TornadoAlley3
Sex toys are banned in TX as well, so we call them adult novelties.
33 posted on 10/02/2007 5:49:06 AM PDT by Hydroshock ("The Constitution should be taken like mountain whiskey -- undiluted and untaxed." - Sam Ervin)
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To: NorthFlaRebel

Nonsense. Many agree. I especially agree.


34 posted on 10/02/2007 5:50:28 AM PDT by Shimmer128 (Tyranny does not cure racism.)
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To: Wolfie

Maybe, but they’re bound to change their minds as time goes by.


35 posted on 10/02/2007 5:52:23 AM PDT by LilAngel (Pray)
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To: AD from SpringBay
States’ rights

We lost that war....

36 posted on 10/02/2007 5:55:13 AM PDT by Thermalseeker (Thinking of voting Democrat? Wake up and smell the Socialism!)
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To: Thermalseeker

If the yankees had realized which “state rights” would be in dispute down the road, they would have surrendered before the first shot was fired.


37 posted on 10/02/2007 6:01:39 AM PDT by LilAngel (Pray)
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To: Hydroshock

What no Ann Summers shops or parties.


38 posted on 10/02/2007 6:02:22 AM PDT by snugs ((An English Cheney Chick - Big Time))
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To: TornadoAlley3

Alabama,,,This whore can move to Florida,we don’t want this here,,No opinion,just fact..


39 posted on 10/02/2007 6:04:52 AM PDT by silentreignofheroes (When the Last Two Prophets are taken, there will be no Tommorrow!)
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To: driftdiver

I think I probably agree with SC on privacy grounds, but what about Commerce Clause?


40 posted on 10/02/2007 6:15:39 AM PDT by NCLaw441
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