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usregimechange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-10 09:26 PM
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Alabama Supreme Court upholds ban on sale of sex toys (Less dildos = more morality)
Edited on Mon Mar-08-10 10:03 PM by usregimechange
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The Alabama Supreme Court today again upheld the state's ban on the sale of sex toys like those at the Hoover store Love Stuff.

The court, still divided 7-2, again ruled that the 1988 law prohibiting the sale of sex toys does not violate the U.S. and Alabama constitutions.

Chief Justice Sue Bell Cobb and Justice Thomas Woodall continued their dissent to the majority opinion by Justice Mike Bolin.

Friday's ruling stemmed from a request by a lawyer for Love Stuff for the state high court to reconsider a similar ruling in September.

The court majority continued to recognize that people may have the right to use these devices in private, but the state has the right to regulate their public sale.

"Public morality can still serve as a legitimate rational basis for regulating commercial activity, which is not a private activity," Bolin wrote for the court majority. "As the (11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals) ... stated, 'There is nothing private or consensual about the advertising and sale of a dildo,'"

http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2010/03/post_499.html
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Turbineguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-10 09:29 PM
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1. My solution for Alabama
Edited on Mon Mar-08-10 09:30 PM by Turbineguy
is the same now as for the Taliban in Afghanistan:

Allow the women to leave. And make it possible for them to do so.
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Bolo Boffin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-10 09:29 PM
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2. Back to "Mother's Helper" ads...
A personal massage device long enough to reach those aching back muscles...
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Quantess Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-10 09:30 PM
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3. They have a lot of nerve getting into people's business like that.
The Alabama SC is a bunch of crotch sniffers.
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wilt the stilt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-10 09:31 PM
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4. They allow republicans to advertise in campaigns
and as far as I can tell that is Dildo advertising
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GrantDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-10 09:36 PM
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6. .
:rofl:
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Ferret Annica Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-10 09:33 PM
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5. The dildos in charge of Just-us in Alley-bama have ruled
Sexuality is for making kids only. Next they will rule the nasty be only done in the dark with a thick blanket between partners with a hole cut into it to allow the unmentionable to happen.

Dicks.
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RKP5637 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-10 09:41 PM
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7. Oh I'm sure they've made it such a better place. Well, this is nice, maybe
Edited on Mon Mar-08-10 09:44 PM by RKP5637
soon they will want cameras in every house in case they decide to make use in Alabama illegal. "The court majority continued to recognize that people may have the right to use these devices in private..." Gee what a nice gesture of freedom. To me, Alabama is such a WTF place, always has been, always will be.
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WhiteTara Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-10 09:43 PM
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8. oops tried to fix a typo....delete
Edited on Mon Mar-08-10 09:44 PM by WhiteTara
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WhiteTara Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-10 09:44 PM
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9. wasn't horse sex an issue for a political
candidate in that state? Isn't that the home of "God's Little Acre"
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jody Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-10 09:46 PM
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10. On the other hand why use artificial devices when the real thing is much better. I expect this
thread will have several posts from those with various inadequacies. :rofl:
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Maru Kitteh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-10 10:37 PM
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23. I'm sure the justices use the other hand all the time. Feels like a stranger.
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usregimechange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-10 09:51 PM
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11. Less dildos = more morality
And they figured all of this out apparently without the assistance of Mullah Mohammed Omar.
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usregimechange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-10 10:02 PM
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12. Alabama SC, the entire world is laughing at you (except for portions of the Middle East).
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eShirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-10 10:13 PM
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13. Are they going to ban phallus-shaped fruits and vegetables as well?
"Lights out by 10:00, candles out by 11:00."
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RKP5637 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-10 10:18 PM
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15. The black market for cucumbers just went up in Alabama. n/t
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guitar man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-10 10:15 PM
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14. Why was this vote necessary
Edited on Mon Mar-08-10 10:17 PM by guitar man
I thought all the dildos in Alabama had already been sent to Washington DC. :P
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RKP5637 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-10 10:19 PM
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16. LOL
:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
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Grand Taurean Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-10 10:21 PM
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17. Lincoln's folly.
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scheming daemons Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-10 10:22 PM
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18. It was an economic decision... Alabama is already choc full of dildos
Most of them hold public office.
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951-Riverside Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-10 10:24 PM
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19. I wonder if this ban includes those ...back ...massagers.
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usregimechange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-10 10:28 PM
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20. Or certain vegetables?
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kestrel91316 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-10 10:32 PM
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21. Viagra = holy sacrament. Dildo = Satan's tool. What am I missing here?
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Maru Kitteh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-10 10:32 PM
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22. Did they also ban body lotion and rosie and her sisters?
Wild guess here. All white male court?

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pipi_k Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-10 10:46 PM
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24. Next step.... massive recalls on washing machines to remove the spin cycles... n/t
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leftofcool Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-10 10:58 PM
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25. from my cold dead hands..................
just bs'ing
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